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Ika, Lavagnon A., and Vasyl Lytvynov. "The “Management-Per-Result” Approach to International Development Project Design." Project Management Journal 42, no. 4 (2011): 87–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmj.20248.
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Enciso-Santocildes, Marta, Ana Vidu, and Laura Gómez-Urquijo. "Drivers for a cross-sector successful collaboration: the Basque country model of action." International Journal of Social Economics 47, no. 2 (2020): 268–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-06-2019-0378.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show the positive effects of a cross-sector collaboration between public administration and third sector in the Basque Country. Solidarity within European society is a concern increasingly addressed from broader perspectives in broader territories. Civil society involvement has also reached public administrations. The European Commission H2020 project, SOLIDUS Solidarity in European societies: empowerment, social justice and citizenship (2016–2018), responds to the need to build a “renewed” Europe after the economic crisis, addressing social areas as employment, education, housing, health, civic engagement. Design/methodology/approach The communicative methodology (CM) has been used in this research paper, including qualitative fieldwork involving representatives of third-sector organizations. The CM already showed its impact on society, through several research projects in which it has been applied. CM is based on including stakeholders’ voices into research from the initial design until the end, responding their needs from research evidence. Thus, it contributes to put in common the knowledge of experts and stakeholders. Findings Searching for successful practices of social innovation, this paper analyzed which elements enable such relationships between public administration and third-sector organizations to promote successful public policies. Even some risks and barriers have been highlighted, the authors’ specific aim focuses on the positive aspects. Therefore, it shows drivers for a most efficient way of public management, which could potentially be extrapolated to other contexts. Some of these drivers are the following: support and collaboration between sectors, institutional trust, co-creation, active participation of the third sector, solidarity and commitment, efficient social policies and workers’ professionalization. Originality/value This paper contributes to returning to institutions and society the atmosphere of trust that the crisis context has damaged. The Basque Countries’ comprehensive model of action proves to attend citizenship contributing to a better society, from engaging a successful collaboration across sectors. The creation of two models of collaboration helps to progress in the positive interaction between the third sector and government. This paper is also original because it gives voice to people directly involved on the field and uses their knowledge to describe drivers and assess collaboration and participation of the third sector. Peer review The peer review history for this paper is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-06-2019-0378
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Simeone, Giulia. "Un laboratorio territoriale per il design dei servizi. Il caso di "Nutrire Milano, energie per il cambiamento"." TERRITORIO, no. 60 (March 2012): 55–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2012-060010.
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This paper starts from a defi nition shared by the design of services and the «territorialist school» (Magnaghi, 2000), according to which a place is the bearer of a series of values, meanings and capital resources which are the result of interactions between the communities which exist in it and the surrounding environment. It then tries to shed light on the specifi cities, instruments and duties of the discipline of design, through the case of the Nutrire Milano, energie per il cambiamento project. After describing how design works in this community workshop, the paper expresses the desirability of integration between urban planning and design, so that with the respective expertise of each of them, local communities might evolve in favour of sustainability.
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O'Brien, Larry. "Personnel-Based System Evaluation Aid (PER-SEVAL)." Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting 32, no. 16 (1988): 1065–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193128803201615.
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This paper describes the Personnel-Based System Evaluation Aid (PER-SEVAL), one of the automated tools being developed under the Army Research Institute's project to develop improved MANPRINT methods. The PER-SEVAL Aid will assist Army analysts in identifying the quality of personnel needed to support a partcular contractor's design.
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Battista, Jackie, Claudio R. Nigg, Jo Ann Chang, Marisa Yamashita, and Richard Chung. "Elementary After School Programs." Californian Journal of Health Promotion 3, no. 4 (2005): 108–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.32398/cjhp.v3i4.1785.
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Objective: To present project design and baseline characteristics of a project promoting life-long physical activity (PA) in an elementary after-school program. Methods: The project incorporates a two group design with delayed treatment control. PA and context observations and surveys (n=533; grades 4-6; attitude, enjoyment, intention, subjective norm, confidence, PA behavior, and fruit and vegetable consumption) were conducted. Results: Students spend almost 90 minutes standing, sitting and lying down and less than 17 minutes in moderate and vigorous PA during the after-school program. Students were strenuously active 3.89 days per week, moderately active 3.12 days per week, and mildly active 3.06 days per week, and watched television or played video games for 3.71 hours per day during leisure time. Attitudes, enjoyment, intention, and subjective norms differentiated students in different stages of PA. Discussion: There is an opportunity for PA promotion during after school, and stage specific interventions are indicated to facilitate PA.
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Bodnaruk, B. J. "The Great Plains Coal Gasification Project Status." Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 108, no. 3 (1986): 432–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3239925.
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The Great Plains Gasification Project is the first commercial-sized plant to produce substitute natural gas from coal in the United States. The plant is designed to convert 14,000 tons/D of North Dakota lignite into 137.5 million standard cubic feet of gas per day. The plant construction has been successfully completed per original design, on schedule and on budget. The plant has also been successfully turned over from construction to operations, as per the original plan. With the completion of the capital projects being implemented at the plant, plans are to achieve 70 percent stream factor in the first year of production (1985). The DOE-Chicago Operations Office has been assigned the responsibility for monitoring the project’s performance against baselines of cost, schedule, and technical criteria. During the startup phase of the project, significant technological advancements have been made and considerable knowledge has been gained, both by the operators and DOE (considering this to be a first of a kind plant built in the U.S.).
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Holt, D. J., C. de Jong, and D. G. Rowell. "NORTH RANKIN 'A' GAS RECYCLING PROJECT — DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING." APPEA Journal 28, no. 1 (1988): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj87007.
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Gas recycling, to increase early production and total recovery of hydrocarbon condensate, was implemented on the North Rankin 'A' platform to take advantage of excess production capacity prior to the commencement of the LNG export phase. By recycling excess 'dry' gas back into the reservoir, condensate production has been doubled, to around 3 000 kl per day (19 000 barrels) per day and ultimate recovery increased.The additional facilities installed included five injection wells, an additional production well, and a 23 MW gas turbine driven gas recompression facility that was retrofitted within existing facilities on the platform. Designed in-house, the facility involved relocation of some operating plant and piecemeal installation of a new 400 tonne module containing a 23 MW aero-derivative gas turbine driven high pressure (30 MPa) centrifugal compressor and ancillary equipment. The compressor set was extensively tested under full load conditions at the manufacturer's works in France before delivery.Offshore construction was complicated by the congested working area and the difficulties of working in and integrating with live production facilities but was completed without major incidents or causing undue interference to platform production. Commissioning proceeded quite smoothly. Full operation was achieved within ten days of initial start-up, and the facility has continued to yield impressive production results.
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Verissimo Veronese, Marilia, Luiz Inácio Gaiger, and Adriane Vieira Ferrarini. "SOBRE A DIVERSIDADE DE FORMATOS E ATORES SOCIAIS NO CAMPO DA ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA." Caderno CRH 30, no. 79 (2017): 89–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.9771/ccrh.v30i79.19978.
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O artigo apresenta um entendimento dos empreendimentos econômicos solidários a partir da realidade multiforme da economia solidária no Brasil. Trata-se de um conjunto variado de iniciativas ainda em busca de identidade institucional e de um arcabouço jurídico condizente, que não cabem no cooperativismo tradicional nem no chamado terceiro setor. Valendo-se de um conjunto de estudos já conduzidos, tanto em termos de conceituação e formulação tipológica como de desenho etnográfico, o texto reflete sobre a configuração plural dos empreendimentos solidários, analisando diferentes atores sociais em foco, urbanos, rurais e tradicionais, procurando demonstrar a diversidade cultural e simbólica ali existente, bem como suas múltiplas origens e desafios atuais, a exemplo da busca de um marco legal específico para o campo.Palavras-Chave: Sociologia; Empreendimentos solidários; Diversidade Cultural; Associativismo; Práticas Tradicionais e AutóctonesABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF FORMATS AND SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE FIELD OF SOLIDARITY ECONOMYABSTRACTThis article presents a comprehension of solidarity economic projects from the multiform reality of solidarity economy in Brazil. This article is a varied set of initiatives still seeking institutional identity and a proper legal framework, since they do not fit into traditional cooperativism or the so-called third sector. Using a set of studies conducted both in terms of conceptualization and of typological formulation such as ethnographic design, this study discusses the plural configuration of solidarity projects, analyzing different social actors in focus, such as urban, rural and traditional environments. It tries to demonstrate the cultural and symbolic diversity that exist, as well as its multiple origins and current challenges, as an example of the search for a specific legal milestone for the field.Key words: Sociology; Solidarity projects; Cultural Diversity; Associativism; Tradicional Practices and AutochthonousA PROPOS DE LA DIVERSITE DES FORMATS ET DES ACTEURS SOCIAUX DANS LE DOMPAINE DE L’ECONOMIE SOLIDAIREABSTRACTL’article présente une compréhension des entreprises économiques solidaires à partir de la réalité multiforme de l’économie solidaire au Brésil. Il s’agit d’un ensemble varié d’initiatives qui est encore à la recherche d’une identité institutionnelle et d’une ébauche juridique adaptée qui n’entre pas dans la conception de coopérativisme traditionnel ni dans le dit troisième secteur. En se basant sur un ensemble d’études déjà réalisées, autant en termes de conceptualisation et de formulation typologique que de dessin etnographique, le texte montre la configuration plurielle des entreprises solidaires en analysant les divers acteurs sociaux mis en évidence, urbains, ruraux et traditionnels et essaie de démontrer la diversité culturelle et symbolique existante ainsi que leurs origines multiples et leurs défis actuels, tel que par exemple la recherche d’un label légal spécifique pour le monde rural.Key words: Sociologie; Entreprise solidaire; Diversité Culturelle; Associations; Pratiques Traditionnelles et Autochtones
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Elghaish, Faris, and Sepehr Abrishami. "Developing a framework to revolutionise the 4D BIM process: IPD-based solution." Construction Innovation 20, no. 3 (2020): 401–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-11-2019-0127.
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Purpose The integration of building information modelling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) is highly recommended for better project delivery. Although there is a methodology for this integration, the BIM requires some improvements to foster the adoption of IPD. The purpose of this paper is to present an innovative way to support 4D BIM automation/optimisation within the IPD approach. Similar to structural and architectural design libraries, this research proposes a planning library to enable automating the formulation of schedule, as well as embedding the multi-objective optimisation into the 4D BIM. Design/methodology/approach The literature review was used to highlight the existing attempts to support the automation process for 4D BIM and the multi-objective schedule optimisation for construction projects. A case study was done to validate the developed framework and measure its applicability. Findings The results show that there is a cost-saving of 22.86 per cent because of using the proposed automated multi-objective optimisation. The case study shows the significance of integrating activity-based costing into 4D BIM to configure the hierarchy level of overhead activities with the IPD approach; therefore, the maximum level of contribution in managing the IPD project is 33.33 per cent by the trade package level and the minimum contribution is around 8.33 per cent by the project level. Originality/value This research presents a new philosophy to develop the 4D BIM model – planning and scheduling – a BIM library of the project activities is developed to enable the automation of the creation of the project schedule with respect to the 3D BIM design sequence. The optimisation of the project duration is considered to be automated within the creation process by using the proposed genetic algorithm model.
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Bandpatte, Sangram, Khushal Shede, Rohit Chavan, Nikhil Katkar, Balbheem Kamanna, and Bibin Jose. "Design of Gas Cylinder using Composite Material as per ASME Standards." Global Journal of Enterprise Information System 9, no. 1 (2017): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18311/gjeis/2017/15866.
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A gas cylinder or tank is a pressure vessel used to store gases at above atmospheric pressure. Many pressure vessels are made of carbon steels these material results in increase in weight and transportation cost. The Literature survey shows that gas cylinders fails due to corrosion and difficult to transporting. In this Project work, the aim is to design a gas cylinder as per ASME standards using composite material which can be used for our day today life. Solidworks 2015 is used for 3D modelling of the cylinder and Finite Element Analysis is used to test the performance of the cylinder made of composite material and compare with Cylinder made of Steel. The results shows that stress induced in the both cylinder is nearly equal but composite cylinders results in height amount of weight saving and corrosion resistance and also decrease the transportation cost.
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Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela. "Low carbon non-domestic building design process. An ethnographic comparison of design in Wales and England." Structural Survey 32, no. 2 (2014): 140–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ss-07-2013-0029.
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Purpose – The UK aims to reduce the carbon emissions in the building sector so as to achieve nearly zero-carbon new buildings by 2020. In 2010, a 25 per cent reduction of carbon emissions was mandated in England and Wales. The aim of this paper is to reveal how the design teams were coping with the energy regulation changes in 2010 in England and Wales. Design/methodology/approach – An ethnographic methodology was selected to investigate in-depth the real-time design process in four architecture practices. The study was analysed in detail and compared the design process of six non-domestic buildings in England and Wales. The data collection methods included interviews, non-participant observation and document analysis and were conducted for a period of 12-21 months per case study. Findings – The field findings suggest the disconnections between the project driver and the policy agenda and reveal what the design teams do to embed energy performance in routine project design. Research limitations/implications – Due to the in-depth nature of the data, no claims for generalisation or representativeness are made. However, the detailed analysis of the real-time design process reveals the designers’ enactment of the policy agenda, which is in essence a timeless phenomenon about policy intervention and performance-based regulations. Originality/value – The designers’ enactment of and responses to the policy changes become an analytical tool to infer lessons that can be learned from the process and lead to the achievement of expected carbon reductions and the success of the policy intentions.
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Khan, Sharfuddin Ahmed, Mohamad Amin Kaviani, Brian J. Galli, and Palvisha Ishtiaq. "Application of continuous improvement techniques to improve organization performance." International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 10, no. 2 (2019): 542–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlss-05-2017-0048.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study, analyze and implement continuous improvement (CI) techniques in an interior design case company, which faces challenges in different departments that affect the case company performance. Design/methodology/approach The proposed methodology implemented in three departments of an interior design company in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). First, the authors analyzed and identified problems using Pareto chart and cause and effect diagram. After that, they improved identified problems using Kaizen, 5S, developed project selection form and modified organization chart. The result has been shown savings regarding money and time. Findings Successful implementation of the proposed methodology reduced project in pipeline time from 16 weeks to nine weeks, profit margin increased from 25 to 27 per cent, sales win ratio increase from 11 to 32 per cent, better project and financial forecasting and 92 per cent of tender submission deadline achievement. A habit of clean, tidy and organized workplace has been developed among workers. Originality/value Proposed solutions contributed significantly to saving time and effort spent to accomplish different tasks in the case company. The company approved the proposed solutions and implemented them, which show that these proposed solutions are feasible and practical. In addition to that, in literature, most of the CI applications are in the manufacturing or production sectors. This was the first study, which implemented CI techniques in an interior design company.
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Ahirwal, Bhagirath, and Tarun Kumar Chatterjee. "Design, Testing Analysis of High Tension Increased Safety Motor for Hazardous areas." TELKOMNIKA Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering 15, no. 2 (2015): 237. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/tijee.v15i2.1536.
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The increased safety (Ex e) motors are designed for safe operation in the zone 1 and 2 hazardous areas. The present paper describes the significant design parameters and successful testing of Ex e high tension (HT) induction motor rated 970KW/6.6KV/18 pole/ 3Phase/ 50Hz as per IS/IEC 60079-7 standard. The comparison of some useful design parameters is also given between safe area motor and hazardous area motor in this paper. The Ex e high tension induction motor mentioned in this paper have been manufactured by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Bhopal, India during the project and main author was the project leader.
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Yuni, Ni Kadek Sri Ebtha. "EFISIENSI BIAYA PROYEK MELALUI PERUBAHAN DISAIN PADA PEKERJAAN FINISHING KAYU." Jurnal Ilmiah Poli Rekayasa 16, no. 2 (2021): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.30630/jipr.16.2.207.
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Project cost efficiency can be done in things such as value engineering. The value engineering process can be carried out at the conceptual, planning and implementation stages of the project. Design changes also have an impact that affects the performance of construction implementation. Currently wood material is still widely used for finishing work, such as the roof of a pergola, room dividing walls, or just as a glass clamp. This research uses quantitative descriptive analysis, which begins by calculating the volume of work, determining the coefficient of wood material, compiling a unit price analysis, calculating the budget for existing designs and changing designs, making comparisons between the two designs. The unit price of the existing design for a room dividing work with 30x50 mm wood including a frame with 50x70 mm wood is IDR 2,597,451 per m2. For roof work, timber lattice pergola with 40x60 mm wood is Rp. 848,726 per m2, and grilling work for lattice with 40x60 mm wood is Rp. 777,070 per m2. The total budget for the existing design is Rp. 335,303,754.84. The total cost budget with the design change is IDR 289,335,447.58. The cost efficiency between the existing design and design changes is IDR 45,968,307 or 15.90%
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Grace, Claire, and Kevin Lotery. "Artists Design Exhibitions: Introduction." October 150 (October 2014): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/octo_a_00197.
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In the first half of the twentieth century, exhibition design served a central and multivalent function: As spaces of the public sphere, exhibitions offered sites for aesthetic experimentation, for the confrontation with new technologies, and for the dissemination of propaganda materials. Rather than elaborating a medium per se, artists who turned to exhibition design sought tactical, site-specific—even project-specific—interventions in the pressing questions of their present, and they did so by positioning their work within the terms, materials, and technologies then active. One need only consider the approaches articulated in such diverse texts as El Lissitzky's 1926 manifesto-like “Exhibition Rooms” or Herbert Bayer's 1937 treatise “Fundamentals of Exhibition Design” to appreciate the privileged role and cultural currency of this formal strategy through the middle of the century.
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Egorov, Gennadiy, Valeriy Tonyuk, and Evgeniy Durnev. "“Extra-full” multipurpose dry-cargo vessel of RSD59 project for all types of dry cargoes." Transactions of the Krylov State Research Centre, SPECIAL ISSUE 1 (April 16, 2019): 234–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24937/2542-2324-2019-1-s-i-234-239.
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PRASETİYO, Wibowo Heru, Bambang SUMARDJOKO, Ahmad MUHİBBİN, Noor Banu MAHADİR NAİDU, and Achmad MUTHALİ'İN. "Promoting Digital Citizenship among Student-Teachers: The Role of Project-Based Learning in Improving Appropriate Online Behaviors." Participatory Educational Research 10, no. 1 (2023): 389–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.17275/per.23.21.10.1.
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Due to the widespread use of the Internet, digital space has now pervaded schools. This study aimed to investigate student-teachers’ perspectives and experiences of digital citizenship through project-based learning in a teacher institution in Indonesia. A case study research design was employed using content analysis to analyze the data from semi-structured interviews, observation, and daily journal report. The results showed that technology overuse requires moral guidance in terms of digital citizenship. The student-teachers viewed that digital citizenship provides some principles that encompass knowledge, skills, and appropriate behavior to use technology safely and responsibly. They asserted that digital citizenship is a necessary skill for prospective teachers, particularly considering the growing demand for schools to develop character education programs that address the topic of student technology use. After engaging in digital-issue-driven project-based learning, the student-teachers opined that project-based learning will be beneficial to learners’ autonomy engagement in constructing an understanding of the digital world. Project-based learning also provides opportunities for learners to advance and grow digital skills that are relevant to the 21st century within a real-world context. This study has implications for educators, school principals, and policymakers in ensuring that youths access curricula at all grade levels for them to be able to show appropriate and responsible behavior in both online and offline environments.
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Sjoer, Ellen, and Petra Biemans. "A design-based (pre)recruitment approach for new professions: defining futureproof job profiles." Információs Társadalom 20, no. 2 (2020): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.22503/inftars.xx.2020.2.6.
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In a rapidly developing labor market, in which some parts of jobs disappear and new parts appear due to technological developments, companies are struggling with defining future-proof job qualifications and describing job profiles that fit the organization’s needs. This is even more applicable to smaller companies with new types of work because they often grow rapidly and cannot hire graduates from existing study programs. In this research project, we undertook in-depth, qualitative research into the five roles of a new profession: social media architect. It has become clear which 21st century skills and motivations are important per role and, above all, how they differ in subcategory and are interpreted by a full-service team in their working methods, in a labor market context, and in the talents of the professional themselves. In a workshop, these “skills” were supplemented through a design-based approach and visualized per team role in flexibly applicable recruitment cards. This research project serves as an example of how to co-create innovative job profiles for the changing labor market.
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Franke, Henrik, Finn Wynstra, Fabian Nullmeier, and Chloe Nullmeier. "Project managers' reactions to project disruption: sponsor actions versus environmental uncertainty." International Journal of Operations & Production Management 42, no. 13 (2022): 335–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-02-2022-0103.
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PurposeManaging projects is an important part of operations management, but many projects fail. This study focuses on attribution processes of such disruption from the underrepresented perspective of the project manager. The authors consider two types of causes: the more frequently researched environmental uncertainty (i.e. uncontrollable events) and the scarcely researched uncertainty imposed by non-collaborative project sponsors (i.e. other-controllable events).Design/methodology/approachThe authors test conceptual arguments grounded in attribution theory and the notion of psychological contracts in a scenario-based experiment among 325 practicing project managers.FindingsThe findings indicate that non-collaborative project sponsors negatively affect project managers' motivation, whereas uncontrollable disruptions leave hope to achieve positive future outcomes. This latter effect is further strengthened when project managers have an internal attribution style. They tend to blame the disruption on themselves and generally feel in control of achieving success even if they are not.Originality/valueThese socio-psychological insights nuance the economic idea that uncertainty reduces motivation per se in the context of project disruption appraisal. The authors contribute to the behavioral project management literature and general attribution theory and help guide the allocation of resources during the recovery of failed projects.
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Allison, Nick. "More bang for your buck: optimising CSG extraction to achieve increased project value." APPEA Journal 56, no. 1 (2016): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj15007.
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Recent challenges within Australia’s oil and gas market have placed increased pressure on Australia’s CSG industry to reel-in burgeoning project costs. In a tight commodity price environment, developments need to extract greater value from projects. This paper outlines an innovative approach to CSG gathering system design by leveraging the digital oil field approach, utilising technology to rapidly optimise design, reduce design costs and optimise the development processes behind economic resource extraction aimed at ultimately delivering increased project value. In the past few years a step-change has been made in the optimisation of the engineering design model, with expanded concept level design, FEED-less design, and partially automated detailed design being executed on gathering system projects now being adopted. This was a step towards a fully integrated approach of the digital oil field. Through this process, it has become apparent that this methodology can be extended further through the targeted optimisation of the production model used in the establishment of CSG projects. This will enable increased revenue for a project. Field production profiles for both gas and water can be developed from preliminary reservoir assessment data. Using cost data for materials and installation, various scenarios can be assessed to optimise production volumes, surface infrastructure configuration, and total volume extracted on a dollar margin per unit energy basis. The optimisation measures explored in this paper are most critical to reservoir locations with a low drainage area per well, where reservoir drainage is maximised by refinement of the configuration of above-ground infrastructure. This has the potential to translate to a more optimised network, and greater profitability in the development of large-scale CSG fields.
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Tavares, Pedro F., Simon C. Leemann, Magnus Sjöström, and Åke Andersson. "The MAX IV storage ring project." Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 21, no. 5 (2014): 862–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600577514011503.
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The MAX IV facility, currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, features two electron storage rings operated at 3 GeV and 1.5 GeV and optimized for the hard X-ray and soft X-ray/VUV spectral ranges, respectively. A 3 GeV linear accelerator serves as a full-energy injector into both rings as well as a driver for a short-pulse facility, in which undulators produce X-ray pulses as short as 100 fs. The 3 GeV ring employs a multibend achromat (MBA) lattice to achieve, in a relatively short circumference of 528 m, a bare lattice emittance of 0.33 nm rad, which reduces to 0.2 nm rad as insertion devices are added. The engineering implementation of the MBA lattice raises several technological problems. The large number of strong magnets per achromat calls for a compact design featuring small-gap combined-function magnets grouped into cells and sharing a common iron yoke. The small apertures lead to a low-conductance vacuum chamber design that relies on the chamber itself as a distributed copper absorber for the heat deposited by synchrotron radiation, while non-evaporable getter (NEG) coating provides for reduced photodesorption yields and distributed pumping. Finally, a low main frequency (100 MHz) is chosen for the RF system yielding long bunches, which are further elongated by passively operated third-harmonic Landau cavities, thus alleviating collective effects, both coherent (e.g.resistive wall instabilities) and incoherent (intrabeam scattering). In this paper, we focus on the MAX IV 3 GeV ring and present the lattice design as well as the engineering solutions to the challenges inherent to such a design. As the first realisation of a light source based on the MBA concept, the MAX IV 3 GeV ring offers an opportunity for validation of concepts that are likely to be essential ingredients of future diffraction-limited light sources.
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Mukumba, Patrick, Golden Makaka, Sampson Mamphweli, and Sherpherd Misi. "A possible design and justification for a biogas plant at Nyazura Adventist High School, Rusape, Zimbabwe." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 24, no. 4 (2013): 12–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2013/v24i4a3141.
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The research study was carried out to assess the biogas potential at Nyazura Adventist High School, Rusape, Zimbabwe, a co-educational school with a total enrolment of 700 boarders. The school is connected to the national grid electricity. The electricity is in short supply due to long hours of load shedding. Firewood to be used for heating and cooking purposes is in short supply. The main objective of the study was to make an assessment of biogas potential at the school. The energy demand for the whole school was calculated and it was found to be 2 710 kWh per day. The biogas yields for the feedstocks at the school were estimated. The total biogas yield that could be obtained from the feedstocks was 50 m3 per day. The digesters volume for the feedstocks was estimated and the material requirements for the digesters were also determined. The techno-economic analysis of the proposed project was done. The results suggested that the proposed project was feasible, and it was concluded that the school is capable of producing enough biogas from its feedstocks to support a feasible project. The daily 50 m3 biogas yield is adequate to supply enough electricity for lighting purposes during the load shedding periods.
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Pingel, Michael J. "A National Look at Hospital Bed Tower Design." HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal 14, no. 3 (2021): 305–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1937586721996251.
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This study evaluates 171 hospital bed tower designs from the past decade. The Floor-building gross square feet (BGSF)/Bed, patient care area, ratio between them, and the bed count per unit were analyzed. The findings suggest that the average patient care area has decreased 5%–10% to a 305 departmental gross square feet (DGSF)/Bed average. The patient care area, support, circulation, and area grossing on floor were found to average 908 Floor-BGSF/Bed, and were impacted by the total beds/unit. It was determined that larger bed count per unit designs with 32–36 beds/unit average 21.9% less Floor-BGSF/Bed than designs with 24 beds/unit. The research evaluates design solutions impacted by a shifting environment of regulatory change and escalating costs. The hospital bed towers represent new facilities, horizontal/vertical expansions, and 25+ design teams. Design and/or construction took place during a 10-year period (2008–2018). The acute patient unit designs were reviewed and electronically quantified. The area measurement methodology aligns with the guidelines set forth in the “Area Calculation Method for Health Care” guidelines. Each project team was faced with a unique but similar set of circumstances. The balance between core values, guiding principles, budget, and quality of care was always present and included a diverse combination of owners, designers, construction delivery methods, profit models, and clinical approaches. In today’s world, common solutions are grounded in providing the best value. Project teams face a number of challenges during design. The lack of information should never be one.
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Atnaw, S. M., R. M. Ramli, S. A. Rusdah, et al. "Design and Development of Solar Desalination Plant: Point-Focus Parabolic Solar Still." International Journal of Engineering Technology and Sciences 5, no. 2 (2018): 124–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijets.v5i2.1392.
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Direct sunlight has been utilized long back for desalination of water. Solar still is a device that converts saline water to potable water. This project mainly discussed about point-focus parabolic solar still (PPSS). Since lack of water supply has become a serious problem today, this prototype is design to produce fresh water from saline water to enable continuous supply of water. However, the current solar desalination generation capacity is generally low and has high installation cost. Hence, there is a need for the enhancement of the productivity which can be achieved through point focus parabolic solar still. Existing PPSS produces of 3.56 L/m2 fresh water of per day. In this project, we have some modifications which will increase the productivity of PPSS.
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Gafirimbi, Naasson, Rex Wong, Eva Adomako, and Jeanne Kagwiza. "Lessons learned in establishing a quality improvement project to reduce hospital acquired infections in the neonatology ward at a referral hospital in Rwanda." On the Horizon 24, no. 4 (2016): 341–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oth-07-2016-0037.
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Purpose Improving healthcare quality has become a worldwide effort. Strategic problem solving (SPS) is one approach to improve quality in healthcare settings. This case study aims to illustrate the process of applying the SPS approach in implementing a quality improvement project in a referral hospital. Design/methodology/approach A project team was formed to reduce the hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rate in the neonatology unit. A new injection policy was implemented according to the root cause identified. Findings The HAI rate decreased from 6.4 per cent pre-intervention to 4.2 per cent post-intervention. The compliance of performing the aseptic injection technique significantly improved by 60 per cent. Practical implications This case study illustrated the detailed application of the SPS approach in establishing a quality improvement project to address HAI and injection technique compliance, cost-effectively. Other departments or hospitals can apply the same approach to improve quality of care. Originality/value This study helps inform other hospitals in similar settings, the steps to create a quality improvement project using the SPS approach.
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Liu, Hui Xiao, and Xiao Dong Li. "The Study of Urban Low Carbon Buildings Design." Key Engineering Materials 467-469 (February 2011): 1444–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.467-469.1444.
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Increases in the carbon dioxide, and global warming, which came into being a low-carbon building. In fact, the city carbon emissions, 60% from building maintenance function itself, but only to 30% of the transport vehicle. More specific to the real estate industry is large power consumption. Statistics show that China's per 1 square meter of housing built, about 0.8 tons of carbon released. Not too long, there is no green low carbon content of the project probably should be eliminated, while actively planning for the development of low carbon projects and operations will become widespread.
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Sahu, Dr Anil. "Design and Development of Multipurpose Delta Robot." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. 8 (2021): 1471–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.37608.
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Abstract: This report represents an designing and simulating ideal pick and place robot which should carry out the operations in minimum time and should also be cost efficient. It is four degrees of freedom parallel configuration used for very high speed pick and place operations. The objectives of this report are designing a Delta robot capable of carrying 1kg payload, achieving a cycle rate of 120 cycles per minute covering a work volume of 400x300x200 mm3. The project involves Kinematic & Dynamic modeling of the robot for the above specifications. The kinematic parameters, involving the lengths of the bicep and forearm, are calculated based on the work volume requirements and the dynamic parameters, involving the motor torque and speed, are calculated based on the maximum acceleration requirements and the inertia of the system. The project further involves the structural analysis of the robot which deals with the proper sizing of the mechanical structure which should be capable of withstanding the high torque and acceleration required for smooth and fast motion. The future work involves integrating the mechanical system with the control system and programming the system for a particular application
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Khanh, Ha Duy. "Factors causing design changes in Vietnamese residential construction projects: An evaluation and comparison." Journal of Science and Technology in Civil Engineering (STCE) - NUCE 14, no. 3 (2020): 151–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.31814/10.31814/stce.nuce2020-14(3)-13.
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Most of the construction projects in Vietnam are suffering from the design changes during the implementation phase. These changes have a significant impact on the time and cost of the project. The primary purpose of this study is to explore factors causing the design change of residential construction projects from the Vietnamese perspective. This study has used a questionnaire to collect data for the occurrence and effect of these factors on project performance. Based on the literature review, there are a total of 28 initial factors filtered. These factors were classified into four cases: environment, clients, consultants, and contractors. The results of the analysis showed that there is almost no difference in mean between groups of respondents, and there is a relatively high consensus in ranking the factors between project parties. Based on factor analysis, there are four principal components extracted from all initial factors, with total variance explained of nearly 65.2%. In addition, an evaluation sheet for the overall impact of factors on project performance is proposed. The result indicated that the level of impact is 70.7 per the scale of 100. Eventually, a comparison with other construction project types has been made to understand generally the factors of design changes in the construction industry.
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Hampsheir, P. R. "Design and Construction of the Nchanga Copper Tailings Leach Plant Stage 3." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Power and Process Engineering 201, no. 2 (1987): 77–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1987_201_011_02.
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The Nchanga Division of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited (ZCCM), the largest producing copper mine in the Commonwealth, has recently commissioned a new plant for reprocessing copper rich tailings. The tailings, some 140 million tonnes in total, are stored in large paddock dams. This paper records the problems and successes involved in completing the design, procurement and construction of the project, on time and ten per cent below budget. Design and project management was by Zambia Engineering Services Limited in Ashford, Kent, a subsidiary of ZCCM, and project funding was from a consortium of international hanks, export credit agencies and development organizations. The subjects dealt with include process design, project capital and funding, management, design and the use of models, estimating and cost control, planning, purchasing and procurement, construction and commissioning. The paper also highlights the problems associated with funding a new project of this type in the Third World in a depressed metals market, and the role of engineering in overcoming financial delays and transport problems. Commissioning started in April 1986 and the plant is now coming up to full production with a few, but not unexpected, problems bearing in mind the size and complexity of the plant. With the addition of stage 3 to the tailings leach plant at Nchanga throughput of ore is increased from 850 000 tonnes/month to 1500 000 tonnes/month and copper output by 40 000 tonnes/annum for a total cost of $250 M.
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Petelin, George. "Visual Art Doctorates: Practice-Led Research or Research Per Se?" Media International Australia 118, no. 1 (2006): 25–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x0611800105.
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As part of a benchmarking project commissioned in 2002 by ACUADS, the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, I conducted a series of focus groups with candidates for higher degrees in Visual Art in Australia in order to gain some insight into how the terminology of research was understood and used by visual art higher degree students. The present paper makes use of that data and examines to what extent practice-led research can engage in a general research debate.
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Soric, A., R. Cesaro, P. Perez, E. Guiol, and P. Moulin. "Eausmose Project–desalination by Reverse Osmosis and Batteryless Solar Energy: Design for a 1m3 Per Day Delivery." Procedia Engineering 44 (2012): 1465–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.08.830.
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Soric, A., R. Cesaro, P. Perez, E. Guiol, and P. Moulin. "Eausmose project desalination by reverse osmosis and batteryless solar energy: Design for a 1m3 per day delivery." Desalination 301 (September 2012): 67–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2012.06.013.
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Kim, Hong Gyu. "Study on the cases of execution of industry-academia collaboration type design projects: With focus on cases of corporation-linked Capstone design." Korea Institute of Design Research Society 7, no. 2 (2022): 131–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.46248/kidrs.2022.2.131.
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This study is on the cases of execution of industry-academia customized collaboration design project through Capstone design classes as an industry-academia collaboration type study executed with corporation. Industry-academia collaboration study executed industry-academia customized corporation-linkage program along with CJ Freshway. For this purpose, design process was inspected first for the tasks requested by the corporation and aspects of the design and product that could be optimized in the classroom processes including production measures, etc. were considered.
Classes (4 hours per week) that were conducted with the measures that can be pursued through collaboration between the corporation and university as the project proved qualitative excellence with increase in the objective values through lecture evaluation and Capstone design evaluation. Outstanding prototypes produced were selected by holding open CJ Freshway design competition. Royalty was collected through registration of 5 cases of intellectual property rights for the tasks selected by the industry and participating students had the opportunity to elevate their practical capabilities through field-customized product development.
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Mahale, Harsh N., Prof Ravindra N. Patil, Vrushali R. Bagul, and Megha L. Badade. "Bridge Load Testing as Per IRC SP 51." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 5 (2022): 3759–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.43367.
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Abstract: Bridge load testing is popular means of demonstrating bridge’s capability to carry safely design loads. It is commonly used to determine the issues which cannot be resolved by only visual inspection or analysis. This paper deals with the study of load testing of major Bridge on River of 17.20 meter span Between Pier P5 and Pier P6. Under this project bridge was loaded with vehicular loading and tested for design load. Deflection of bridge is measured by dial gauges and recorded for bridge analysis. This study consists preparation of load test on bridge for deflection load as per IRC SP 51(2015) and how load testing is carried out by visual inspection, by applying vehicular loading or dynamic loading , its behaviour under loading and unloading conditons, behavior of bridge under the different temperatures to check how bridge is going to behave under weather conditions , maximum permissible deflection of girders , total deflection of girders, total recovery and percentage recovery of deflections after removal of load and comparison between theoretical deflections and actual deflections to find out testing bridge capability and its structural integrity. Keywords: Bridge Load Test, Dial Gauge, vehicles, Loading, Unloading, Deflection, Design load, Temperature effect, Temperature correction, Total recovery, Total Deflection, Theoretical Deflection, Percentage recovery.
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Bonfantini, Bertrando. "Centri storici: infrastrutture per l'urbanitŕ contemporanea." TERRITORIO, no. 64 (February 2013): 153–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2013-064025.
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Looking at the various types of contemporary urban configurations, town and city centres continue to represent a resource and potential for structuring of a centralised system and for the organisation of more densely urbanised areas. While in the past the recognisability and individuality of town and city centres have been a sign of their uniqueness in an ‘insular' urban design, today they form part of an more varied ‘town centre' which runs across the entire urban range, the protagonists of a project to change the composition of towns and cities. As themes or systems of urban restructuring, town and city centres become a planning construct used to make selections from the materials of the existing town or city of those which, on the basis of their differentiating qualities which express their importance, are candidates for interpretation in a new role, with permanent and long-term profiles.
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Aibinu, Ajibade A., Simon Carter, Valerie Francis, and Paulo Vaz-Serra. "Request for information frequency and their turnaround time in construction projects." Built Environment Project and Asset Management 10, no. 1 (2019): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bepam-10-2018-0130.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of request for information (RFIs) on construction projects by using data analytics to understand the frequency of RFIs, when they occur on projects, and the relationship between project characteristics and frequency of RFIs and between project characteristics and RFI turnaround time. Design/methodology/approach A data-analytic approach using RStudio and Minitab software on 168 construction project cases in Australia and New Zealand involving 1,032,949 correspondences and 53,042 RFI event records made available by Aconex, one of the world largest cloud-based project management platform. Findings Large and complex projects tend to have significantly larger number of RFI events per day and longer RFI turnaround when compared with smaller and less complex projects. Projects with fewer users per organisation recorded a higher RFI turnaround time when compared with projects with more users per organisation – users mean persons involved in managing the project using the online platform (an index of project complexity). RFIs occur early on less complex projects and occur later on more complex projects. Research limitations/implications Benchmarks of RFI incidences and turnaround time have been developed for various project characteristics and, practitioners can use them to monitor the RFI performance of projects. Organisations need to pay greater attention to staffing levels needed to handle RFIs to reduce RFI turnaround time. Originality/value A data-analytic study of RFI yielded insights for managing RFIs. The findings of previous studies on RFIs are difficult to generalise because they are based on single project case study. The influence of project characteristics on RFI frequency and RFI turnaround time is not yet known.
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Boss, Katherine, and Emily Drabinski. "Evidence-based instruction integration: a syllabus analysis project." Reference Services Review 42, no. 2 (2014): 263–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-07-2013-0038.
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Purpose – The purpose of this research paper was to establish a replicable method of gathering and analyzing data using course syllabi to enable instruction librarians to strategically embed information literacy instruction within a disciplinary curriculum. Design/methodology/approach – A set of syllabi from the School of Business was evaluated for information literacy learning outcomes and library use requirements using a set of rubric-based content analysis questions. The questions were normed prior to coding to ensure reliability, and interrater reliability was established using two measures: the per cent agreement method and Krippendorff’s alpha. Findings – The results revealed strategic opportunities for scalable, curriculum-integrated instruction in the School of Business: a group of 28 courses that could be targeted for in-depth instruction, and eight courses whose outcomes could be met through more tailored instruction focused on information access skills. Originality/value – The reported research study provides a method for evaluating holistic information literacy outcomes in course syllabi, an improvement on prior syllabus analysis projects. Additionally, the reliability of the data means that the study design may be replicated in a variety of institutional contexts.
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Arnstead, Neil, Paolo Campisi, Susan Glover Takahashi, et al. "Feedback Frequency in Competence by Design: A Quality Improvement Initiative." Journal of Graduate Medical Education 12, no. 1 (2020): 46–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-19-00358.1.
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ABSTRACT Background Otolaryngology–head and neck surgery is in the first wave of residency training programs in Canada to adopt Competence by Design (CBD), a model of competency-based medical education. CBD is built on frequent, low-stakes assessments and requires an increase in the number of feedback interactions. The University of Toronto otolaryngology–head and neck surgery residents piloted the CBD model but were completing only 1 assessment every 4 weeks, which was insufficient to support CBD. Objective This project aimed to increase assessment completion to once per resident per week using quality improvement methodology. Methods Stakeholder engagement activities had residents and faculty characterize barriers to assessment completion. Brief electronic assessment forms were completed by faculty on residents' personal mobile devices in face-to-face encounters, and the number completed per resident was tracked for 10 months during the 2016–2017 pilot year. Response to the intervention was analyzed using statistical process control charts. Results The first bundled intervention—a rule set dictating which clinical instance should be assessed, combined with a weekly reminder implemented for 10 weeks—was unsuccessful in increasing the frequency of assessments. The second intervention was a leaderboard, designed on an audit-and-feedback system, which sent weekly comparison e-mails of each resident's completion rate to all residents and the program director. The leaderboard demonstrated significant improvement from baseline over 10 weeks, increasing the assessment completion rate from 0.22 to 2.87 assessments per resident per week. Conclusions A resident-designed audit-and-feedback leaderboard system improved the frequency of CBD assessment completion.
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Bishore, D. S., P. Ashika, M. Ramachandran, Ramu Kurinjimalar, and Sriram Soniya. "Exploring Architecture Modeling and Design Studio." Sustainable Architecture and Building Materials 1, no. 1 (2022): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.46632/sabm/1/1/3.
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Architects are generally highly respected in the community and architecture is an important career opportunity if you want to be seen as a respected person in the community. Because of their creativity and attention to detail, they are considered a blend of art and ingenuity. Architecture, which encompasses a variety of disciplines including art, science, history, geography and philosophy, is more difficult than many degrees to think creatively and technically. Architecture is an incredibly time consuming subject, with an average workload of 36.7 hours per week. Mathematics is difficult in architecture In general, the mathematics required for architecture is not so difficult. You have to do addition and multiplication, create and solve equations; you do not have to pass an advanced calculus exam to work in the industry. The beauty of Architecture is about the performance and behavior of architectural structures and facade elements. The structural form should have an aesthetic appeal, while being driven by engineering ideas. They must have a variety of qualities, most of which must be well understood. Architects must have a strong understanding of all building fields, including architecture, electrical and mechanical engineering. Wisdom is needed. Being smart does not make you a better architect, it gives you a better foundation. A good architect wants to know anything and everything about a given project. They constantly ask questions, talk to superiors, seek feedback and stay in touch overall to make sure they are getting the project right.
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Woynarowska-Sołdan, Magdalena. "Implementation trial of school staff health promotion: Polish experiences." Health Promotion International 34, no. 5 (2018): e47-e58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/day068.
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SummaryThe paper presents the results of the trial implementation of staff health promotion in the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) programme in Poland. The design and key results of the summative evaluation of the 3-year project and activities of schools after completion of the project are described. Over 900 teachers and non-teaching employees from 21 schools participated in the project. Its purpose was to verify the schools’ ability to take action related to the promotion of staff health in the HPSs in Poland. The results of the summative evaluation of the project were considered positive and promising. The percentage of persons who declared that they take greater care of their health, and teachers who described their health as very good, increased. Most employees introduced beneficial changes in their health behaviours. In all schools, changes in working conditions and personnel relations were introduced. Eighty-two per cent of teachers and seventy-five per cent of other employees had a positive attitude to the project and ninety per cent declared that the activities ought to be continued. Nearly all the schools’ project leaders considered it a valuable initiative, had personal benefits and satisfaction from its implementation. After completing the project, 16/20 schools continued activities promoting the health of employees. Since the trial implementation of health promotion among school staff was considered a success, in 2016 some indicators relating to school staff health were included in the self-evaluation of HPS, and work began to prepare coordinators of regional and district HPS networks to work with the schools.
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Amoatey, Charles Teye, and Alfred Nii Okanta Ankrah. "Exploring critical road project delay factors in Ghana." Journal of Facilities Management 15, no. 2 (2017): 110–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfm-09-2016-0036.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causes of road construction delays in Ghana and identify appropriate mitigation measures. Design/methodology/approach The initial approach involved an empirical analysis of 48 road projects to quantify the extent of time. This was followed by a survey of the perception of road agency and donor partner officials of the critical causes of road project delays. Findings About 70 per cent of road projects experience delays and 52 per cent experience cost overruns. The average time overrun and cost overruns of road projects in Ghana was 17 months and US$1.15m (or 22.5 per cent), respectively. The five most critical causes of road construction delays were delay in finance and payment of completed work by owner (client-related); inadequate contractor experience (contractor-related); changes in scope by the owner during construction (client-related); delay to furnish and deliver the site to the contractor (client-related); and inflexible funding allocation for project items (donor-related). Research limitations/implications The most critical constraint of this study is the fact that findings are based on only the views of industry professional experts. It may be assumed that despite using broadly used terminology to refer to the causes of project delays, the interpretations by respondents may have differed from those intended. Further research could look at the correlation between time overrun and cost overrun using principle component analysis. Practical implications The identified delay factors are not unique to the road sector. From both academic and practical perspectives, the results emphasizes on the need for a holistic and integrated risk management model for the entire construction industry in Ghana. Originality/value The paper examined the causes of road project delays in the Ghanaian context and recommended remedial measures.
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Børve, Sjur, Asbjørn Rolstadås, Bjorn Andersen, and Wenche Aarseth. "Defining project partnering." International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10, no. 4 (2017): 666–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmpb-10-2016-0076.
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Purpose Due to observed problems in real-life projects stemming from the lack of a unified definition, the purpose of this paper is to formulate a new definition of project partnering (PP) through documenting the specific characteristics researchers attribute to this approach. Design/methodology/approach PP definition phrases extracted from a literature review were sorted into a basic framework of who, what, how, when and where. In a web-based survey, a group of experts marked the phrases from the literature review as being specific, generic, or irrelevant to PP. The expert group comprised highly ranked and experienced PP researchers. Based on the survey results, a new definition was formulated. The new definition specifies the participants, the objectives and the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques applied to pursue the objectives in PP. A verification survey of the expert group gave a 78-96 per cent combined approve and support score for each element of the new definition. Findings PP and a partnering project are defined by a framework encompassing three basic dimensions: participants, objectives, knowledge, skills, tools and techniques applied to pursue the objectives. The new definition is: “project partnering is a relationship strategy whereby a project owner integrates contractors and other major contributors into the project”. Through commitment to mutual project objectives, collaborative problem solving and a joint governance structure, partners pursue collaborative relationships, trust and improved performance. The new definition indicates that PP neither varies with early contractor involvement nor gain and pain share, but varies with the degree of mutual project objectives, collaborative problem solving and joint governance structure. Originality/value PP is a complex concept with no widely accepted definition. The basic framework applied to the formulation of the definition in this project can also be applied to define and implement a partnering project and to define and distinguish between other relationship-based procurement forms.
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Piney, Mark, Diane Llewellyn, Rachel O'Hara, et al. "Reducing isocyanate exposure and asthma risk in motor vehicle repair." International Journal of Workplace Health Management 8, no. 4 (2015): 272–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijwhm-10-2014-0043.
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Purpose – Exposure to isocyanates was the leading cause of occupational asthma in the UK. Motor vehicle repair (MVR) bodyshop paint sprayers were at greatest risk, despite widespread use of air-fed breathing apparatus and ventilated booths. Most paint sprayers work in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) project, described in this paper, is to improve exposure control measures in at least 20 per cent of MVR bodyshops, and reduce the risk of occupational asthma. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – A three-stranded plan consisted of: Safety and Health Awareness Days (SHADs); workplace inspections; and third-party stakeholder communications. The impact of various parts of the project were evaluated. Findings – Approximately 18 per cent of bodyshops in the UK attended one of 32 SHADs, following which over 90 per cent of delegates expressed an “intention to act” to improve exposure control measures. A local assessment showed that at least 50 per cent of bodyshops improved exposure control measures. An evaluation of 109 inspections found that enforcement action was taken at 40 per cent of visits. Third-party engagement produced a joint HSE-industry designed poster, new agreed guidance on spray booths and dissemination of SHAD material. Knowledge of booth clearance time has become widespread, and 85 per cent of booths now have pressure gauges. Biological monitoring data show that, post-SHAD, exposures were lower. Originality/value – A sustained national project using clear, relevant, tested messages delivered via different routes, had a sector-wide impact in bodyshops. It is probable that the project has improved isocyanate exposure control in at least 20 per cent of bodyshops. The generic lessons could be applied to other widespread SME businesses.
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Valente, Ilaria. "Nuove misure urbane. Una ricerca progettuale per Tor Bella Monaca." TERRITORIO, no. 63 (December 2012): 73–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2012-063014.
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Distance becomes a problem in the regeneration of neighbourhoods built in the second half of the twentieth century both from the viewpoint of form and the use of spaces, where the measurements expand in the open intervals and in the shape of the built structures. The hypothesis formulated in the design research project on Tor Bella Monaca is that even those parts of the city built in the second half of the twentieth century can become consolidated, starting from their measurements and rhythms and from the broad intervals that created the basic design, but which must be transformed at the same time to respond to contemporary uses and needs. Remeasurement of the space is therefore a task of interpretation for architectural designers in order to recognise the intrinsic qualities of marginal urban housing designs to support redevelopment strategies which hinge on densification, subtraction, addition and infrastructures for the urban fabric, without trivialising the reconstitution of the proximity and the contact space in a historically anachronistic perspective.
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Erba, Valeria. "Natura e cultura per un progetto di riqualificazione e valorizzazione del paesaggio." TERRITORIO, no. 47 (February 2009): 78–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2008-047010.
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- The San Colombano hill in the province of Milan is used as an opportunity and a context for defining analytical details and design aspects for a project to redevelop and enhance the landscape. This area, rich in history and of significant environmental and landscape value is divided into three park areas (‘From the grape to the Bottle', ‘Adopt and rent a tree', ‘Walking in the woods') with three paths through them, while the castle is renovated to house a museum, hold exhibitions and develop an experimental theatre.
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C. Cruz, Lord Ian, and Kimberly C. Rivera. "Development And Validation Of Project-Based Module For Selected Topics In Biology." International Journal of Educational Research & Social Sciences 3, no. 3 (2022): 1124–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.51601/ijersc.v3i3.374.
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This paper focused on the development of validation of a project-based learning module for selected topics in Biology. Project-Based Learning is deemed to promote holistic development of the learners especially in relation to biology for junior high school. The development phase involved the identification of the least learned competencies in biology that involved topics about cells, microorganism, digestive system and biodiversity, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and ecosystems and evolution. The development phase also involved the formulation of the general layout of the module as well as the creation of project-based learning activities, as well as other related exercises and activities and rooms or reflections, and conclusions. The module is described according to the module design, module content, and the project-based learning content. The module design is characterized into the cover page, preface and table of contents, and the module content per grade levels themselves. For the module content, it involved the activities, lessons, exercises, and projects that come with each of the topic per grade level. Lastly, the PBL content focused on the structure of Project-based learning itself, which deemed to promote holistic learning among the learners especially when it comes to other skills such as creativity, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking. The learning module also underwent the process of validation. There were ten identified validators for the learning module who were given a set of rubrics that assisted them in terms of evaluating the researcher-made project-based learning module. Through the validation process, the module was marked as excellent, as all the expected elements of the modules were met.
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Walker, Brandon F., A. Christian Morgan, John C. Ricketts, and Dennis W. Duncan. "The Impact of Beef Cattle Projects on Youth Leadership Life Skills Development." Journal of Youth Development 6, no. 4 (2011): 47–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2011.164.
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Highlights of a study designed to determine the leadership life skills development (YLLSD) of youth beef cattle exhibitors and to determine if there is a relationship between YLLSD and participation in the beef project are discussed in this paper. The study was conducted using a correlational, ex post facto design. A sample of 374 individuals was randomly selected from a population of 4,229 national junior cattle exhibitors of the National Junior Angus Association. The population frame consisted of junior members ages 18 to 21. Participants’ YLLSD scores ranged from 40 to 90 with a composite mean of 73.02. Significant relationships existed between YLLSD scores and shows per year, hours working with projects per week, and years of beef project exhibition.
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Nandhu, S., Ajai K. Jayan, J. Shaheen Ahmed, V. C. Manikandan, and V. Suresh Kumar. "Analysis of Polyurethane Filled Solid Tire." Advanced Materials Research 984-985 (July 2014): 464–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.984-985.464.
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In this project we study and analyze polyurethane filled solid tire for industrial purpose. The tire plays a significant role in the performance of a vehicle. We studied about the solid tire developed recently for the material handling vehicle. With better specifications and removing all the drawbacks of the solid tires we developed polyurethane filled solid tire. The various data used for developing the tire design are mentioned by the industry as per their requirements. The various methods of fabrication and performance testing are included in this project. It also deals with situation were the tire failure occurs and is designed taking into consideration of those factors. The design is carefully made meeting the demands of the application.
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Cable, James K. "Changing the Shape and Location of Pavement Load Transfer Devices." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1907, no. 1 (2005): 95–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105190700111.
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Load transfer is an important aspect of portland cement concrete joint design. To date, aggregate interlock and round steel dowels have been used to accomplish load transfer. Research was done to examine the use of steel dowels of alternative shapes to provide load transfer. A field research project in Iowa has used two elliptical bars of different sizes at three spacings and numbers of bars per joint. Test sections included bars across the entire joint and sections using bars only in the wheelpaths. The impact of cut, fill, and transition sections was also factored into the experimental design. This paper documents the construction of the project, testing that is being done, and the initial results of the work.
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Koosha, Abutaleb, M. Reza Mogadam, and M. Mesam Abutorabi Fard. "Design of Gas Injection Unit in an Iranian Onshore Oil Field Development Project." Applied Mechanics and Materials 110-116 (October 2011): 5029–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.110-116.5029.
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In an Iranian oilfield development which is under construction nowadays, it is decided to inject the separated gas in the reservoir Instead of flaring it. For this reason the injection pressure is calculated about 520 bars. The maximum rate of injection will be 280 millions cubic feet per day (330 363.215 cubic meter/hour). This gas should be injected in the reservoir to increase its pressure but the most important thing here is the injection compressor configuration. 3 units has been considered to compress the gas and each unit had 100 MMSCFD capacity. For increasing the gas pressure two compression units are foreseen: flash unit and injection unit. In flash gas unit the pressure will increase from 6 bars to 75 bars and in injection unit from 75 bars to 525 bars. But the gas which is upgraded in the flash unit should be dehydrated in dehydration package before entering to the injection unit. Due to the high flow rate of injection and other reasons which are discussed in this paper, the compressors are selected from centrifugal types. It is shown that in both flash and injection units, the compressors should be considered multistage. By the injection of associated gas instead of flaring it, the environment can be prevented from pollution and the reservoir pressure always will be maintained in a desired level. (Abstract)