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Tare, Vinod, Purnendu Bose, and Santosh K. Gupta. "Suggestions for a Modified Approach Towards Implementation and Assessment of Ganga Action Plan and Other Similar River Action Plans in India." Water Quality Research Journal 38, no. 4 (November 1, 2003): 607–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wqrj.2003.039.
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Abstract In India, the implementation of river-cleaning operations through River Action Plans (RAPs) conventionally focuses on a reduction in concentrated or point sources of organic loading to the river, and is assessed by monitoring the consequent improvement in river water quality. However, in the case of Indian rivers or river stretches having substantial background pollution due to distributed or non-point loading of organic matter and nutrients, elimination of point sources of pollution may not substantially impact or improve river water quality. It is suggested that implementation of River Action Plans in India under such circumstances must be conducted using a multi-tier approach. The initial emphasis in such cases should be on the selection of priority stretches of the river, where pollution control will have maximum beneficial impact on the citizens, and interception and diversion of all concentrated or point loads of pollution from these stretches. In addition, measures to minimize non-point pollution and visible pollution to the river and initiation of riverfront restoration and development projects are necessary in these priority stretches. Such measures would result in aesthetic improvements, increase the beneficial uses of the river and its surroundings, and generate favorable public perception towards RAPs, though they may not be sufficient to enhance the river water quality to the desired levels. However, as a result of the above actions, public support for funding more expensive and longer-term river cleaning schemes, resulting in comprehensive reduction in organic and nutrient loading to the river from point and non-point sources all along its length, may be generated. The need for this alternative methodology for implementation and assessment of RAPs in India has been illustrated by taking the example of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) and assessment of its implementation near the city of Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, as a test case.
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Srivastava, V. K. "Indian Rivers Pollution—Critical Analysis: Ganga Action Plan." Indian Chemical Engineer 52, no. 2 (August 5, 2010): 155–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2010.497284.
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Savage, Scott W., Tad A. Gomez, and Richard Burrell. "The Gap Analysis and Action Plan." Hospital Pharmacy 40, no. 2 (February 2005): 184–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001857870504000210.
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Abstract-USP <797> is the culmination of the pharmacy professions’ low adoption of “recommended” Compounded Sterile Products’ (CSPs) guidelines and medication compounding incidents that were a result of these preparation practices. Currently, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organizations (JCAHO) expects accredited health care agencies to comply with the provisions within USP <797>. This article depicts the Gap Analysis and subsequent Action Plan of a Level 1 trauma, academic medical center's structural and operational processes for the preparation of CSPs. The objective of this article series is to increase awareness, resources, and the body of information available for facilities’ assessing and strategically planning compliance and implementation of USP <797>.
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Ollikainen, Markku, Berit Hasler, Katarina Elofsson, Antti Iho, Hans E. Andersen, Mikołaj Czajkowski, and Kaja Peterson. "Toward the Baltic Sea Socioeconomic Action Plan." Ambio 48, no. 11 (October 11, 2019): 1377–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01264-0.
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Abstract This paper analyzes the main weaknesses and key avenues for improvement of nutrient policies in the Baltic Sea region. HELCOM’s Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), accepted by the Baltic Sea countries in 2007, was based on an innovative ecological modeling of the Baltic Sea environment and addressed the impact of the combination of riverine loading and transfer of nutrients on the ecological status of the sea and its sub-basins. We argue, however, that the assigned country-specific targets of nutrient loading do not reach the same level of sophistication, because they are not based on careful economic and policy analysis. We show an increasing gap between the state-of-the-art policy alternatives and the existing command-and-control-based approaches to the protection of the Baltic Sea environment and outline the most important steps for a Baltic Sea Socioeconomic Action Plan. It is time to raise the socioeconomic design of nutrient policies to the same level of sophistication as the ecological foundations of the BSAP.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael. "The gap between instruction (plan) and situated action: A challenge to semiotics?" Semiotica 2018, no. 221 (March 26, 2018): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sem-2016-0084.
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AbstractIn this study, I describe a potential challenge to semiotics, which exists in the fact that no interpretation of an instruction (text) can get us closer to doing what the instructional text describes. I provide a praxeological description of a situation in a software development firm where the instructions (rules) for a particular type of meeting are inscribed on the whiteboard in front of which the meetings were held. I discuss the gap between instructions and the behavior they describe and the moral order of praxis that is not inscribed in instructions.
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Abtahi, Hirad. "Joint Plan of Action on Iran’s Nuclear Program." International Legal Materials 53, no. 4 (August 2014): 732–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5305/intelegamate.53.4.0732.
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On November 24, 2013, the Islamic Republic of Iran, together with the E3/EU–comprised of France, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)–as well as the People’s Republic of China (China), the Russian Federation (Russia), and the United States of America (US) agreed to the Joint Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program (Joint Plan of Action). The Joint Plan of Action aims at ensuring the Islamic Republic of Iran’s exclusive peaceful nuclear program through mutually-agreed steps between the so-called E3/EU+3 and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Though much has been said about the Joint Plan of Action since its adoption, not enough attention has been paid to its historical context; such neglect risks the Joint Plan of Action being, at best, viewed in isolation. This note bridges that gap by providing an overview of the events that led the Islamic Republic of Iran, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and Germany (P5+1) to agree on the Joint Plan of Action.
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Polla, Gerardus. "Building E-Learning Strategy and Developing E-Learning Action Plan in Higher Education." ComTech: Computer, Mathematics and Engineering Applications 2, no. 1 (June 1, 2011): 335. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/comtech.v2i1.2760.
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Building an e-learning strategy and developing e-learning action plan requires two fundamental thing: first is adequate knowledge about what you want to accomplish, and the second is a willingness to articulate your plan in a meaningful way to all your stakeholders. Before the work begins, identify the key stakeholders who should participate in the strategy development. This paper intends to enlighten how to build an e-learning strategy in higher educations with some strategies that must be considered, such as defining who should participate; analyzing the current situation; setting visions; stating mission; analyzing gap; conducting force-field and SWOT analysis; creating strategy recomendations; and building an action plan. Additionally, this paper describes some steps for developing an e-learning action plan in higher education.
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Rafi Khan, Shahrukh. "An Assessment of Basic Education under the Social Action Plan in Pakistan." LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 4, no. 2 (July 1, 1999): 35–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.35536/lje.199.v4.i2.a2.
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Educational expenditure as a percentage of GDP has indeed been protected and over the first phase of SAP (1993-1996) has increased by about 0.2 per cent of GDP. However, despite SAP protection, it declined to the pre- SAP level for 1998-99. While there is evidence that, in some aspects, the gender and regional gaps have closed, the poorest continue to be excluded from schooling, the rural female income gap in schooling has widened and, if the poor do attend, they are the most likely to drop out. Also, net enrollment rates for boys and girls actually declined over the first SAP period.
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Wiegant, W. M., T. J. J. Kalker, V. N. Sontakke, and R. R. Zwaag. "Full scale experience with tannery water management: an integrated approach." Water Science and Technology 39, no. 5 (March 1, 1999): 169–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1999.0236.
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In this article, an overview is given of the proposed and actual activities that are undertaken to reduce the pollution from the approximately 180 tanneries in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As a part of an action plan to reduce the pollution of the river Ganga, this project includes in-house measures to reduce the output of chromium by the tanneries, and pre-treatment at the tanneries to reduce the solids content of the wastewater and to facilitate maintenance of the sewer system. A treatment plant consisting of two Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (UASB) reactors, followed by a post-treatment facility, reduces the wastewater pollution by approximately 80% of BOD, COD, and TSS. However, sulphide output is still high, owing to the high sulphate concentrations in the wastewater. The sludge produced during the operations is projected to be used as a fertilizer.
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Defrioka, Andri. "THE USE OF INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING SPEAKING (Classroom Action Research at SMK)." Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa 10, no. 2 (April 3, 2017): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/ld.v10i2.6418.
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PEMANFAATAN KEGIATAN INFORMATION GAP DALAM PENGAJARAN BERBICARA (Penelitian Tindakan Kelas di SMK)Abstract The purpose of the research was to test to what extend the applying Information Gap Activities could improve the students’ speaking ability and how students respond about the use of these activities. Classroom action research procedures (plan, act, observe and reflection) were used to study the process and participants outcomes. The participants of this research were the twelfth year students of Drawing Department A of SMK Negeri 1 Padang consisted of 23 students. One of English teachers took part in the research as collaborator to assist the implementation of information gap activities and to observe the outcomes. The research was conducted in two cycles with four meetings for each. Observer played a role in evaluating, suggesting, and revising the program. Data from the second cycle were presented to show the final outcomes and changes. Data were collected through observation checklist, test, and interview. The result of the research indicated that the implementation of information gap activities can better improve the students’ speaking ability. Students’ centered class included pair work and group work also contributed to improve the outcomes. Moreover, students were active to interact with their teacher and other students. The students participated at all activities in the class. The students showed the good responses about the use of information gap activities in teaching speaking. Finally, the classroom action research process itself helped students and teacher reflect on their successes and failures in teaching learning process.Key words: speaking ability, information gap activities AbstrakTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji sejauh mana penerapan Information Gap Activities dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dan bagaimana siswa menanggapi tentang penggunaan kegiatan ini. Prosedur penelitian tindakan kelas (plan, act, observasi and refleksi) digunakan untuk mempelajari proses dan hasil peserta. Peserta penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas dua Drawing Department A SMK Negeri 1 Padang yang terdiri dari 23 siswa. Salah satu guru bahasa Inggris ikut serta dalam penelitian ini sebagai kolaborator untuk membantu pelaksanaan kegiatan kesenjangan informasi dan untuk mengamati hasilnya. Penelitian dilakukan dalam dua siklus dengan empat pertemuan untuk masing-masing. Pengamat memainkan peran dalam mengevaluasi, menyarankan, dan merevisi program. Data dari siklus kedua dipresentasikan untuk menunjukkan hasil akhir dan perubahan. Data dikumpulkan melalui daftar periksa observasi, tes, dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan kegiatan gap informasi dapat lebih meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa. Kelas yang berpusat pada siswa termasuk kerja pasangan dan kerja kelompok juga berkontribusi untuk memperbaiki hasil. Selain itu, siswa aktif untuk berinteraksi dengan guru dan siswa lainnya. Para siswa berpartisipasi dalam semua kegiatan di kelas. Para siswa menunjukkan tanggapan yang baik tentang penggunaan informasi kesenjangan kegiatan dalam mengajar berbicara. Akhirnya, proses penelitian tindakan kelas itu sendiri membantu siswa dan guru merenungkan keberhasilan dan kegagalan mereka dalam proses belajar mengajar.Kata Kunci: speaking ability, information gap activities
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Campbell, Hailey, Alise Crippen, Corey Hawkey, and Mick Dalrymple. "A ROADMAP FOR BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY." Journal of Green Building 15, no. 4 (September 1, 2020): 237–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.15.4.237.
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ABSTRACT Over the past few years, more and more higher education institutions have pledged to achieve carbon neutrality and designed and adopted Climate Action Plans. Although many higher institutions are adopting climate action plans, few are integrating resilience principles and priorities, which are essential for understanding institutions’ adaptive capacity for dealing with climate change. There is little existing research on how higher education institutions can implement climate resilience programs, behaviors, and policies into their planning process and campus-communities. To address this gap, this case study explores Arizona State University’s process of designing and implementing a climate resilience plan and outlines best practices other higher education institutions can utilize to create their own climate resilience plan. We critically discuss the importance of climate resilience at the higher education level, outline steps necessary for designing an inclusive and holistic climate resilience plan, and provide examples of important techniques used to design the climate resilience plan.
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Parajuli, Mahesh Nath. "Cultural Gap in Education: Making Education Unresponsive to the Local Needs." Journal of Education and Research 5, no. 1 (August 14, 2015): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jer.v5i1.13054.
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Nepal’s School Sector Reform Program (SSRP) that guided the education development initiatives in the country during the period 2009-15 envisioned that by 2015 “a student has basic life skills to co-exist in the competitive contemporary, global society” (Ministry of Education and Sports, 2008, p. 17). Going further, the Program also noted that its goals are built on “EFA Framework of Action” (p. 18). The global orientation of the reform program was thus very clear. Envisioning to prepare the children for global society and following an EFA framework emphasize the global orientation of Nepali education. The SSRP was not the only plan with global orientation; the first Nepali education development plan prepared in 1955 also had the same orientation. The plan had written “we have become a part of the world, whether we like it or not. We can no longer remain isolated; the world has come to us. How can we meet this world without education?” (Pandey, K. C., & Wood, 1956, p. 83). The global orientation was thus not a new phenomenon in Nepali education and the dream towards becoming international has been there in Nepali education consistently. Continuing with the same dream, SSRP presented the strategy of competitive and contemporary global education for Nepal and Nepalis.
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Franco-Valencia, Marco Heli, and Marina Sánchez de Prager. "Life plan for the Yaquivá indigenous reservation in the municipality of Inza, Cauca Colombia, from the perspective of agroecology." Agronomía Colombiana 36, no. 2 (May 1, 2018): 143–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/agron.colomb.v36n2.71996.
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The Nasa indigenous community on the Yaquivá reservation, located in the municipality of Inza (Cauca-Colombia), has designed a "Life Plan", in which education plays a fundamental role. This is reflected in the Community Education Project carried out at the Jiisa Fxiw agroecological school. However, within the Colombian ethnographic literature, there are no records that systematize these life plans from the agroecologi-cal approach. In order to help fill this gap, the objective of this study was to analyze the life plan for the Yaquivá reservation from the agroecology perspective. Participatory action research was used for the research methodology. The results identified the legal and constitutional frameworks that support this plan and action document as the main strength. In addition, the document facilitates the development of institutionalism with autonomy and identity. It was concluded that the life plan for the Yaquivá reservation, in itself, constitutes a force that surpasses the technological and productive (distributive), socioeconomic (structural), and sociopolitical (dialectical) dimensions. Additionally, as part of the Nasa indigenous community, the entire life plan is influenced and determined by its own worldview, i.e. its spiritual perspective.
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Triana, Neni, Enie Novieastari, and Satinah Satinah. "Optimalisasi fungsi manajemen kepala ruangan dalam supervisi klinik menggunakan alat bantu Google form di rumah sakit di Jakarta." Holistik Jurnal Kesehatan 14, no. 2 (July 27, 2020): 264–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.33024/hjk.v14i2.2703.
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Utilization of digital technologies as a strategy to optimizing management functions in nursingBackground: Nursing services need a good management of Nurse Managers to achieve a standardized service quality. Clinical supervision nursing has generally been implemented in hospitals, but its application has not been implemented optimally causing quality improvement not to run continuously.Purpose: To identify issues of implementation clinical supervision nursing and to develop problem-solving solutions.Method: The mini project, analysis of results and implementation gap with discussion based on literature review. Problems were analyzed using a fishbone diagram. Problem solving using Plan Do Study Action (PDSA) tools starts from Plan of Action (POA), implementation, evaluation, and follow up. The sample was taken from 5 the inpatient wards.Results: The problem identification found not optimal the quality of nursing in the planning, monitoring and follow-up phase. Implementation of problem solving by workshop and socialization of guidance, procedure, dictionary and instrument of monitoring clinical supervision nursing with digital tecnology google form. The evaluation result shows that 100 % said the clinical form supervision of digital technology based on google form was very effective and efficientKeywords: Utilization; Digital technologies; Strategy; Optimizing; Management functions; NursingPendahuluan: Pelayanan keperawatan memerlukan pengelolaan yang baik dari Manajer Perawat untuk mencapai kualitas pelayanan keperawatan yang sesuai standar. Supervisi klinik keperawatan pada umumnya telah dilaksanakan oleh manajer keperawatan, namun penerapannya belum dilaksanakan secara optimal yang menyebabkan supervisi klinik keperawatan tidak berjalan secara berjenjang.Tujuan: Mengidentifikasi masalah pelaksanaan supervisi klinik keperawatan di ruang rawat serta mengembangkan solusi pemecahan masalah.Metode: Berupa mini project serta analisis hasil dan gap implementasi dengan pembahasan berdasarkan literature review. Masalah dianalisis menggunakan diagram fishbone. Penyelesaian masalah menggunakan tools Plan Do Study Action (PDSA) dimulai dari Plan of Action (POA), implementasi, evaluasi, dan tindak lanjut. Sampel diambil dari ruang rawat inap yang terdiri dari 5 Kepala Ruangan.Hasil: Ditemukan tidak optimalnya supervisi klinik keperawatan pada tahap perencanaan, pemantauan dan tindak lanjut. Implementasi pemecahan masalah berupa sosialisasi dan workshop supervisi klinik keperawatan berbasis teknologi digital google form. Hasil evaluasi menunjukkan bahwa 100 % mengatakan supervisi klinik keperawatan berbasis teknologi digital google form sangat efektif dan efesien.
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Shidhaye, Rahul, Sanjay Shrivastava, Vaibhav Murhar, Sandesh Samudre, Shalini Ahuja, Rohit Ramaswamy, and Vikram Patel. "Development and piloting of a plan for integrating mental health in primary care in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India." British Journal of Psychiatry 208, s56 (January 2016): s13—s20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153700.
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BackgroundThe large treatment gap for mental disorders in India underlines the need for integration of mental health in primary care.AimsTo operationalise the delivery of the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Plan interventions for priority mental disorders and to design an integrated mental healthcare plan (MHCP) comprising packages of care for primary healthcare in one district.MethodMixed methods were used including theory of change workshops, qualitative research to develop the MHCP and piloting of specific packages of care in a single facility.ResultsThe MHCP comprises three enabling packages: programme management, capacity building and community mobilisation; and four service delivery packages: awareness for mental disorders, identification, treatment and recovery. Challenges were encountered in training primary care workers to improve identification and treatment.ConclusionsThere are a number of challenges to integrating mental health into primary care, which can be addressed through the injection of new resources and collaborative care models.
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Butler, Jesse K. "The Gap Between Text and Context: An Analysis of Ontario’s Indigenous Education Policy." in education 21, no. 2 (December 16, 2015): 26–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.37119/ojs2015.v21i2.220.
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This paper analyzes the 2007 Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, alongside its 2014 Implementation Plan. Content analysis is used to determine what specific actions are prioritized in each document, first through a quantitative analysis of the various strategies put forth, then a qualitative analysis of what larger purpose these strategies might indicate. The findings suggest a significant shift in the 2014 document away from substantive action and toward data management, specifically in regard to encouraging Indigenous student self-identification. Coming just two years before the 2016 target date for the original plan laid out in the Framework, it seems unlikely that this belated emphasis on self-identification is for the originally stated purpose of establishing baseline data to implement and evaluate specific programs, but could instead be used as a type of symbolic policy, to obscure the absence of substantive change. Conversely, it is suggested that the Ministry of Education should establish a new baseline and strategy, beginning in 2016, to implement specific, targeted programming for Indigenous students.Keywords: Indigenous education; educational policy; content analysis; document analysis; Ontario
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Voss, Matthieu. "Mind the gap! Assessing the implementation of the EU-Tunisian action plan in the field of political cooperation." L'Europe en Formation 356, no. 2 (2010): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/eufor.356.0139.
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Nannei, Claudia, Shoshanna Goldin, Guido Torelli, Hiba Fatima, Kaveri Kumar, Oliver Bubb-Humfryes, Bo Stenson, and Erin Sparrow. "Stakeholders’ perceptions of 10 years of the Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines (GAP) – Results from a survey." Vaccine 34, no. 45 (October 2016): 5393–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.040.
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Owen, Jacqueline Phillips, Benjamin Baig, Catherine Abbo, and Yonas Baheretibeb. "Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers." BJPsych. International 13, no. 2 (May 2016): 45–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s2056474000001136.
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There is a widening mental health treatment gap for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has few economic or human resources dedicated to the mental health of children and young people. The World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Plan and the push for mental health to be included in the Millennium Development Goals have raised the profile of child mental health but comparatively few studies have estimated prevalence rates or assessed needs or tested interventions in African countries. In most countries there is no clear pathway to access treatment, especially in-patient facilities. This article considers these issues from clinical, educational and research perspectives.
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Pitter, Cynthia, Mickelle Emanuel-Frith, Granville Pitter, and Deborah Adedire Udoudo. "Bridging the Gap: Supporting the Inclusion of More Fathers in Maternity Centers in Jamaica." International Journal of Childbirth 10, no. 3 (September 1, 2020): 162–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/ijcbirth-d-20-00014.
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The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) plan of action called for the equal participation of women and men in all areas of family and household responsibility, including family planning, child-rearing, and household chores. This plan of action admonished government to promote and facilitate such participation. The emerging trend to include fathers in maternal and child health services motivated low- to middle-income countries including Jamaica to sign on to global initiatives such as the ICPD and the Sustainability Development Goals for maternal and paternal involvement in the reduction of maternal mortality rates. However, lack of proper infrastructure in the public health system in countries like Jamaica does not sufficiently accommodate fathers during antenatal, childbirth, and postnatal services, neither does it has far reaching programs targeting fathers. This oversight in maternity care is partially due to the lack of guidelines to lead the process, limited space at clinics, and inadequate privacy on some delivery suites.Addressing the gaps to involve more fathers in pregnancy and child-rearing is an unexplored opportunity or innovative strategy that could assist Jamaica in meeting its international obligations to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates. This could also lessen the burden of childbearing and child-rearing on women, while changing the narrative of the negative stereotypes of fatherhood to a positive one in Jamaica. Research has also shown that several undesirable situations are preventable if the pregnant woman gets social and psychological backing, not only from excellent maternal and child health care but also by a social system, particularly from the spouse of the pregnant woman (World Health Organization, 2007).
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Woo, Seongwoo, and Dennis L. O’Neal. "Improving the Reliability of Mechanical Components That Have Failed in the Field Due to Repetitive Stress." Metals 9, no. 1 (January 4, 2019): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met9010038.
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To improve the reliability of mechanical parts that have failed in the field, a reliability methodology for parametric accelerated life testing (ALT) is proposed. It consists of: (1) a parametric ALT plan, (2) a load analysis, (3) a tailored series of parametric ALTs with action plans, and (4) an evaluation of the final designs to ensure the design requirements are satisfied. This parametric ALT should help an engineer reproduce the fractured or failed parts in a product subjectedto repetitive loading and correct the faulty designs. As a test case, the helix upper dispenser of a refrigerator ice-maker fractured in field was studied. Using a load analysis, we discerned that the helix upper dispenser fracture was due to repetitive loads and a faulty design with a 2 mm gap between the blade dispenser and the helix upper dispenser. During the first and second ALTs, the fracture in the helix upper dispenser was reproduced. The failure modes and mechanisms found were similar to those of the failed sample in field. As an action plan, the design of the helix upper dispenser was modified by eliminating the 2 mm gap and adding enforced ribs. In the third ALT there were no problems. After three rounds of parametric ALTs, the reliability of the helix upper dispenser was guaranteed as a 10-year life with an accumulated failure rate of 1%.
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Sethakul, Panarit, and Nattakant Utakrit. "Challenges and Future Trends for Thai Education: Conceptual Framework into Action." International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP) 9, no. 2 (April 15, 2019): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v9i2.10220.
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The challenges and future trends in Thailand in the 21st century are considered from several factors. These include the revolution of Thailand 4.0, digital revolution, 2030 Agenda for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) in Quality Education, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) preparations, workforce’s need, middle-income gap, population aging, deterioration of natural resources due to unsustainable economic growth, and educational quality and management system development. The Office of Education Council proposes a development paradigm shift in the education of Thailand 4.0 toward the 21st century. The primary focus of a new 20-year plan, announced in the National Scheme of Education B.E. 2560-2579 (2017-2036) [1], provides a national capacity building framework into action, regarding educational management, educational opportunity, educational quality, instructional effectiveness, the administration of educational institutions, budget management, and educational development in the competitive era.
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Aggestam, Filip, and Helga Pülzl. "Downloading Europe: A Regional Comparison in the Uptake of the EU Forest Action Plan." Sustainability 12, no. 10 (May 13, 2020): 3999. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12103999.
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The first EU Forest Strategy was adopted in 1998 to provide general guidelines for an EU forest policy designed to coordinate other EU forest-relevant policies. The implementation of the first strategy was done under the auspices of the EU Forest Action Plan, covering the period from 2007 to 2011. The Forest Action Plan was a tool that facilitated voluntary cooperation between EU Member States (no enforcement capabilities), with some coordinating actions being implemented by the European Commission. The reason for returning to the Forest Action Plan in this article is to provide further insight into how it was employed by EU Member States—in contrast to the majority of similar articles on the topic, which are primarily concerned with an examination of EU forest-relevant policies by either analyzing the impact of EU decision-making on forestry at the national level or studying EU Member States’ influence on the EU rather than how EU Member States actually react to EU strategies. This paper addresses this empirical gap and highlights the significant variations of the Europeanization effects on EU Member States when deciding upon and implementing a non-legally binding policy instrument when compared to legally binding policy instruments. Individual Member States exhibit varied strategies when implementing a soft policy instrument, as their respective decision spaces are substantially different, particularly when the costs and benefits of complying are not comparable to those of a legally binding instrument. These results highlight the need for a more nuanced and varied approach to the implementation of soft policy instruments by the EU, with the additional implementation strategies suggested in this article being presented to assist in meeting this need for variation.
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Wenger, Nanette K. "What if the FDA had launched its action plan to close the health disparities gap for women two decades earlier?" Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 25, no. 2 (February 2015): 95–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2014.09.006.
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Hodges, Joseph. "Introducing a Mobile Health Care Platform in an Underserved Rural Population: Reducing Assimilations Gaps on Adoption and Use via Nudges." Muma Business Review 4 (2020): 135–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4604.
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Rural communities are often overlooked when it comes to offering cutting edge consumer healthcare technologies. Mobile applications usually exclude populations in rural demographics due to the infrastructure requirements and available technology in the region. The population studied is a low income rural health plan in southwest Georgia. They are uniquely considered as they have the highest healthcare costs in the U.S. and are compared to healthcare costs among higher income populations like Vail, Colorado. Innovations, such as mobile healthcare applications, have the capacity to offset some of these costs, but even if adoption occurs, this does not guarantee use will naturally follow. This study explores the creation and development of a mobile healthcare application (i.e., the platform) and measurement of the assimilation gap in the use of the adopted platform. The platform was designed to simplify the access to use opportunities between consumers and providers of care with the long-term goal of reducing healthcare costs. The use opportunities measured in this platform are telemedicine visits and electronic appointment setting. This research presents a process for influencing assimilation gaps in healthcare platforms. Measurement techniques for successful healthcare platform programs are constrained due to data limitations. Building on existing assimilation gap research and designing artifacts that include nudging techniques, this study identifies concepts that display assimilation gap narrowing methods that improve healthcare platform design. Using elaborated action design research (EADR), each artifact design cycle follows a process map to improve adoption and use. The research discovers how adoptable a healthcare platform (CareValet) is within a rural population, which strategies most promote adoption, and what strategies might best support use improvement. In this study, platform adoption is compared as the relative value against each use metric for key stakeholders including consumers (e.g., health plan members), clients (e.g., employer or health plan), and platform developers. Research contributions include the development of assimilation gap narrowing methods and return on investment (ROI) value graphing tools associated with platform use.
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Weldon, Isaac, and Steven J. Hoffman. "Bridging the commitment-compliance gap in global health politics: Lessons from international relations for the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance." Global Public Health 16, no. 1 (July 4, 2020): 60–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2020.1788623.
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Rajini, Dr G., Keerthana Shree V, and Sheela G. "Human Performance Enhancement: A Comprehensive Competencies Assessment In Production Engineering Companies." Restaurant Business 118, no. 3 (March 19, 2019): 51–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i3.7198.
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The general intention of this study is to identify Human Resource Managerial Competencies , to measure the competence among various levels of HR Managers Method: By a survey, data was collected from sample of 120 managers in production engineering companies and multiple regression technique was used with SPSS 21.0 software. Findings: There are four major determinants of Human Performance Enhancement (HPE): HPE Method Specialist, HPE Facilitation, HPE Implementer, and HPE Evaluator .Competencies were grouped as Visionary, Gap Assessor, Strategic Trouble shooter, Forecaster of Consequences, Action Plan Facilitator which are concluded as predictors to determine HPE. All five competency groups have impact on HPE
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Aldosary, Adel S., and Kh Md Nahiduzzaman. "Assessing Adequacy of Leisure and Recreation Facilities in KFUPM Campus." International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 2, no. 1 (January 2011): 58–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2011010105.
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Leisure and recreation facilities are strongly intertwined due to their mutual dependencies. Thus, they build up invisible networks. Leisure and recreation facilities are one of the imperative components for socio-cultural, psychological, and economic development. In the spectrum of sustainable development, it is not possible to initiate development process without strategically planning for leisure and recreation activities. KFUPM was developed with specific leisure and recreation facilities for its community members. This paper examines their adequacy and possible set of actions to minimize the inadequacies in relation to growing and changing needs of the diversified-culture based community. Preparation of a proposed alterative (strategic) action plan to improve leisure and recreation facilities is based on conducting an internal assessment of current and forecasting amenities, and the need-gap analysis. The proposed action plan covers the estimated cost and urgency level for each of the alternative leisure and recreation improvement options. KFUPM must be committed to embracing the vision and strategies presented by this study, and allocate resources to implement strategic plans for improving leisure and recreation facilities that foster productivity and help shape systems for human resource development.
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Liu, Chui-Hua. "Strategies of Managing Coach Driver Job Stress for Sustainable Coach Tourism Industry—The Use of DANP-V Model." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (May 2, 2020): 3690. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093690.
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Coach drivers are integral to the coach tourism industry. However, they are susceptible to job stress in the tourism context. Few studies address this problem from a job stress theory and tourism scenario. This study, thus, examines the network relationships between criteria and proposes a physical and workable improvement plan. A novel DEMATEL-based ANP and VIKOR (DANP-V) model is used to examine the job stress criteria based on the transaction stress framework in the tourist coach context of Taiwan. The expert survey produced useful results. The influential network relation map (INRM) illustrates the sequence of improvement is job stressors, cognitive coping strategies, and stress outcomes. The gap values of the modified VIKOR suggest the first priority to reach the aspired level is reducing stress outcomes. However, teaching active action as a strategy to cope with job stress is a long-term goal. These results are formulated into an action plan and can be easily indexed and followed. The findings have practical implications for decision-makers and coach drivers and may contribute to coach driver job-related stress management, ultimately, helping the sustainability of coach tourism.
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Green, Jennah, Catherine Jakins, Louise de Waal, and Neil D’Cruze. "Ending Commercial Lion Farming in South Africa: A Gap Analysis Approach." Animals 11, no. 6 (June 8, 2021): 1717. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11061717.
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African lions (Panthera leo) are commercially farmed across South Africa for sport hunting, tourism, and the international bone trade, primarily in Southeast Asia. Despite its legal status, South Africa’s growing lion farming industry is a contentious issue. In 2020 a high-level panel was initiated to review the policies, legislation, and management regarding the breeding, hunting, trade, and handling of four wildlife species, including lions. In May 2021, it was announced that the government intends to amend existing permit conditions to prohibit lion breeding and tourism interactions with captive lions, as well as to stop issuing permits to new entrants into the industry, effectively ending lion farming. In order to follow this line of action, a comprehensive, well-managed plan will be necessary to execute a responsible exit from the industry as it currently stands. Using a “gap analysis” management tool, we aim to: (1) outline some of the key considerations regarding the current state of the lion farming industry in South Africa; and (2) propose specific action steps that could be taken within five key areas (regulation, animal welfare, health and safety, equitability, and conservation) to help inform a responsible transition away from this type of wildlife farming in the biodiversity economy. For our gap analysis, we conducted a semi-systematic literature search to compile key background information about the current state of the industry. This information was then used to identify corresponding desired management states, and steps that could facilitate a successful phase out of lion farming in South Africa. We hope our approach helps identify key considerations for a responsible transition and can help aid decisions during the management of this process.
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Budiyanti, Mauly Dini, and Arfin Sudirman. "Implementasi RPOA-IUU di Kawasan Asia Tenggara." Jurnal Hubungan Internasional 12, no. 2 (December 10, 2019): 315. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jhi.v12i2.16593.
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Southeast Asia is one of the areas vulnerable to IUU Fishing. This problemhas transnational characteristics starting from location, perpetratorand flag of the ship. The perpetrators of IUU Fishing mostly come fromneighboring countries. Therefore, handling this problem requires ajoint role and commitment. One of the regional measures in dealingthis problem is through Regional Plan of Action to Promote ResponsibleFishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing (RPOA-IUU) whichcontains various recommendations for actions to promote responsibleand sustainable fishing. This paper will discuss the capabilities andwillingness of RPOA-IUU implementation by its five member countries,Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as theimplementation gap that arises when the actual implementation of eachcountry is not in accordance with what has been agreed. This paper usesdescriptive qualitative methods in explaining the implementation of theRPOA IUU by each country and also uses the regime implementationtheory to analyze the implementation gap in the RPOA-IUU.
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Olorunsaiye, Comfort Z., Korede K. Yusuf, Kylie Reinhart, and Hamisu M. Salihu. "COVID-19 and Child Vaccination: A Systematic Approach to Closing the Immunization Gap." International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS (IJMA) 9, no. 3 (September 15, 2020): 381–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.21106/ijma.401.
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The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to set back major successes that have been achieved in global vaccine initiatives. We conducted a rapid review and synthesis of the literature on immunization provision and Utilization since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 11 papers comprising peer-reviewed articles and key policies and guidelines, published between January 1 and June 15, 2020, were analyzed. Widespread disruptions of routine immunization and vaccination campaigns were reported leaving millions of children worldwide at risk of measles outbreaks. We present an expanded model of the World Health Organization’s Global Routine Immunization Strategic Plan (GRISP) action areas as a tool to help countries quickly adapt to immunization challenges in the presence of COVID-19 and close the emerging immunization coverage gaps.
Key words: • Immunization • Child health • Vaccination • COVID-19 • Essential health services • Corona virus
Copyright © 2020 Olorunsaiye et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited.
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Hwong, Alison, Djibo Maiga Douma, Soumana Zamo, and Julian Eaton. "Scaling up mental healthcare in the Republic of Niger: priorities for and barriers to service improvement." BJPsych. International 12, S1 (May 2015): S—6—S—9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s2056474000000763.
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As part of a pilot programme to scale up community mental health services, local health centre directors, community health workers and key informants were interviewed in two neighbouring political districts of Niger. Major priorities for improving services included training staff on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, collaborating with traditional healers, educating the community about the origins of psychiatric illness and building infrastructure for medication delivery. Barriers to care included long distances for travel to the nearest hospital and lack of funding for home-based visits by health workers. This study was the first step in Niger's plan to implement the World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) at a national level.
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Sondermann, Elena, and Cornelia Ulbert. "Transformation through ‘Meaningful’ Partnership? SDG 17 as Metagovernance Norm and Its Global Health Implementation." Politics and Governance 9, no. 1 (February 26, 2021): 152–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i1.3656.
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SDG 17 calls for the international community to “strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development,” emphasizing the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships for achieving the SDGs. Policy documents are replete with statements on the necessity of ‘meaningful’ engagement, especially with civil society—without clarifying what ‘meaningful’ stands for. In this article, we develop an analytical approach to partnership as a form and norm of metagovernance. Partnership as a metanorm is about the roles and relations of different sets of actors. We suggest operationalizing the concept of partnership according to different levels of accountability and participation, allowing for a gradual enhancement of the quality of partnership in terms of ‘meaningfulness.’ We apply our analytical model to the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well‐Being for All (GAP), a fairly new initiative by health and development agencies to accelerate progress towards the health-related targets of the 2030 Agenda. By investigating the development and the early phase of implementing the GAP, we empirically assess if and how the notion of partnership envisioned in the GAP qualifies as ‘meaningful’ with respect to civil society engagement. From our empirical example, we infer lessons for attaining normative standards of ‘meaningfulness’ and highlight implications for future research on partnerships.
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Belton, Kristy A. "Heeding the Clarion Call in the Americas: The Quest to End Statelessness." Ethics & International Affairs 31, no. 1 (2017): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0892679416000630.
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Statelessness, or the condition of being formally excluded from citizenship everywhere, has been deemed a “scourge” and “the most forgotten aspect of human rights in the international community” by the newly elected UN Secretary-General, António Guterres. In 2014 the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which has the mandate for the protection of stateless people globally, launched the #IBelong Campaign to eradicate statelessness by 2024. A key component of the campaign is its Global Action Plan to End Statelessness (GAP), which consists of ten actions for governments and other interested parties to undertake to end statelessness worldwide. Since the campaign's ability to end statelessness is only as strong as the regional and local actors who implement the GAP on the ground, this essay examines how the campaign has been implemented regionally. Given that Guterres and others have identified the Americas as having the potential to be the first region to end statelessness by 2024, the current essay evaluates the region's progress toward this goal.
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Akşit, Bahattin, Kayhan Mutlu, H. Ünal Nalbantoğlu, A. Adnan Akçay, and Mustafa Şen. "Population Movements in Southeastern Anatolia: Some Findings of an Empirical Research in 1993." New Perspectives on Turkey 14 (1996): 53–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0896634600006245.
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The purpose of the research on which the present article is based was to collect and analyze socio-economic and cultural data on seasonal and permanent migration within the South-eastern Anatolian Project (GAP) Region and between that region and the Metropolitan areas of Turkey. The absence of social scientific knowledge on intra- and interregional migration in this particular context has already been emphasized in the GAP Master Plan Study Report (SPO, 1989). In addition, the region is interesting for social scientists not only because of radical transformations taking place due to the construction of large dams and irrigation projects but also because of the ethnic identity questions that are raised by some Kurdish speaking groups in the region. The present article presents the framework of the research, carried out in 1993, and some of its findings. The findings reported here do not shed direct light on the so-called “ethnic question” or “Kurdish question”; but they help in understanding the transformation and continuity of socio-economic and cultural structures that shape social and political action in the region.
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DeMartino, Linsay. "Adult learners, remote learning, and the COVID pandemic: Restructuring educational doctorate courses in crisis." Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice 6, no. 2 (April 30, 2021): 11–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ie.2021.160.
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This essay serves as the narrative of an early career Assistant Professor as they recall their struggles, vulnerabilities, and insecurities while navigating the need to shift their educational leadership doctoral students to emergency remote learning amid a global pandemic. Using the foundations of transformational experiences for adult learners, the need to sustain the students’ communities of practice, and positive school leadership, the author develops and executes their action plan to meet the needs of their adult learners and support them in the online environment during the COVID-19 crisis. By applying this framework as practicing EdD scholars, we serve as a model for future directions in the teaching spaces of the Education Doctorate by bridging the gap between theory and practice in our higher education teaching spaces.
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Liu, Shari, Neon B. Brooks, and Elizabeth S. Spelke. "Origins of the concepts cause, cost, and goal in prereaching infants." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 36 (August 20, 2019): 17747–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904410116.
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We investigated the origins and interrelations of causal knowledge and knowledge of agency in 3-month-old infants, who cannot yet effect changes in the world by reaching for, grasping, and picking up objects. Across 5 experiments, n = 152 prereaching infants viewed object-directed reaches that varied in efficiency (following the shortest physically possible path vs. a longer path), goal (lifting an object vs. causing a change in its state), and causal structure (action on contact vs. action at a distance and after a delay). Prereaching infants showed no strong looking preference between a person’s efficient and inefficient reaches when the person grasped and displaced an object. When the person reached for and caused a change in the state of the object on contact, however, infants looked longer when this action was inefficient than when it was efficient. Three-month-old infants also showed a key signature of adults’ and older infants’ causal inferences: This looking preference was abolished if a short spatial and temporal gap separated the action from its effect. The basic intuition that people are causal agents, who navigate around physical constraints to change the state of the world, may be one important foundation for infants’ ability to plan their own actions and learn from the acts of others.
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Young, Meghan A., Usha Dhakal, Valerie L. Kessler, and Suzanne R. Kunkel. "MIND THE GAP: FINDINGS FROM THE AGE-FRIENDLY OXFORD COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.937.
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Abstract In November 2017, Oxford, OH joined the AARP network of Age-Friendly Communities (AFCs). The first step in building an action plan through the AARP process is conducting a community needs assessment. Scripps Gerontology Center adapted the AARP Community Survey Questionnaire and mailed surveys to a random sample of 700 Oxford residents aged 50 years and older. The response rate was 46.8%. For seven of the eight domains of livability, individuals were asked how important is it to have particular services in the community (Likert scale) and whether the community provides the services (response options: yes, no, not sure). The responses to these questions were used to calculate a perceived gap score. The purpose of this project was to identify which domains had the largest perceived gaps, then further analyze individual item gaps. The three domains with the largest gaps were transportation (50.6%), housing (47.7%), and health (46.2%). Further analysis of the 60 individual domain items provided information about the type of gap. For example, 84% of respondents found the item “affordable public transportation” important. However, of those who said it is important, 73% perceived a gap in service provision, and 64% of the gap was due to not knowing if Oxford provides it. Communities may interpret a “not sure” gap as an opportunity to restructure how they promote services to older individuals. Implications of this research include proposing different ways of analyzing needs assessment data so AFCs can make efficient and effective changes for older adults to age in place.
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Liu, Zeyuan, Wenbo Xue, Xiufeng Ni, Zhulin Qi, Qingyu Zhang, and Jinnan Wang. "Fund gap to high air quality in China: A cost evaluation for PM2.5 abatement based on the Air Pollution Prevention and control Action Plan." Journal of Cleaner Production 319 (October 2021): 128715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128715.
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Wu, Rui, Honglei Xu, Jie Liu, Xiaowen Yang, Xiaoyu Tan, Weiwei Gong, and Jing Lin. "Layout Methods of Monitoring Stations for Diesel Freight Trucks Emission Supervision Using Highway Traffic Survey Data—— Taking Shanxi Province as an Example." E3S Web of Conferences 145 (2020): 02026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202014502026.
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The in-use diesel trucks have high use intensity, high mobility, and frequent excessive emissions, which have become one of the important air pollution sources. The Action Plan for Tackling the Challenges of Diesel Truck Pollution Control issued by the Chinese government requires the establishment of a national monitoring network for transport-related air pollution and the use of various means to monitor diesel truck emissions. This study briefly summarized the requirements for diesel truck emission monitoring and supervision. Relying on the highway network traffic survey data, a method for identifying the main route of regional highway freight transportation was proposed. Then referring to the experience of highway air quality monitoring networks at home and abroad, the article proposed layout methods for roadside air quality monitoring stations, vehicle remote sensing monitoring stations, and road inspection stations, which fills the gap in domestic methods. At last, a demonstration study on the layout plan for the in-use diesel truck emissions monitoring stations in Shanxi Province was carried out. Taking Shanxi’s main highway freight corridors as the key supervision area, this article screened out 44 roadside air quality monitoring stations, 24 vehicle remote sensing monitoring stations, and 15 road inspection stations.
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Hirsan, Fariz Primadi, Ima Rahmawati Sushanti, and Baiq Harly Widayanti. "Kajian Kawasan Strategis Cepat Tumbuh Kabupaten Bima." Jurnal Planoearth 4, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.31764/jpe.v4i1.875.
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Abstrak: Kawasan strategis cepat tumbuh merupakan kawasan yang ditandai dengan pertumbuhan disektor ekonomi yang relatif berkembang, terbangun infrastruktur pendukung yang memadai serta tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakat yang cenderung berkembang dan meningkat. Seiring perkembangan dan pertumbuhan wilayah, Kabupaten Bima merupakan kabupaten yang menunjukkan fenomena terjadinya pemanfaatan ruang yang tidak terkendali sehingga terbentuk pusat-pusat pertumbuhan baru yang tersebar diberbagai wilayah kabupaten. Dalam rangka mendorong percepatan pengembangan kawasan tersebut, mengurangi kesenjangan pembangunan antar wilayah, dan mendorong pertumbuhan daerah yang masih tertinggal dan perbatasan di Kabupaten Bima, sehingga diperlukan identifikasi Kawasan Strategis Cepat Tumbuh di Kabupaten Bima. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui Kawasan Strategis Cepat Tumbuh (KSCT) Kabupaten Bima, merumuskan rencana pusat-pusat pelayanan kawasan dalam wilayah Kabupaten Bima, dan merumuskan rencana pengembangan Kawasan Strategis Cepat Tumbuh Kabupaten Bima. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah AHP (Analysis Hierarchy Process), analisis isu strategis, dan analisis tipologi klassen. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, terdapat 15 kecamatan di Kabupaten Bima termasuk kawasan strategis cepat tumbuh yang dibagi ke dalam 1 embrio dan 6 klaster. Dalam rangka mendorong percepatan pengembangan kawasan tersebut, mengurangi kesenjangan pembangunan antar wilayah, dan mendorong pertumbuhan daerah yang masih tertinggal dan perbatasan di Kabupaten Bima, sehingga diperlukan tindakan lebih lanjut setelah Kawasan Strategis Cepat Tumbuh di Kabupaten Bima yaitu, penyusunan Rencana Induk, Rencana Pengusahaan, dan Rencana Tindak sebagai upaya mendorong percepatan pengembangan kawasan yang berpotensi sebagai pusat pertumbuhan wilayah.Abstract: The rapidly growing strategic area is characterized by relatively growing economic sector growth, developing adequate supporting infrastructure and the level of Community welfare that tends to grow and increase. As the development and growth of the region, Bima District is a regency that shows the phenomenon of the use of uncontrolled space so that the new growth centers that are scattered in various regions of the district. In order to promote the accelerating development of the area, reducing the gap between regional development, and encouraging the growth of the areas still left and borders in Bima district, so the identification of the area Strategic fast growing in Bima district. The purpose of this research is to know the fast growing strategic area (KSCT) of Bima Regency, formulating the plan of regional service centers in Bima District, and formulating the development plan of fast growing strategic area Regency of Bima. The methods of analysis used were the AHP (Analysis Hierarchy Process), strategic issue analysis, and classical typology analysis. Based on the results of the analysis, there are 15 sub-districts in Bima district including a rapidly growing strategic area which is divided into 1 embryos and 6 clusters. In order to promote the acceleration of development of the area, reduce the development gap between regions, and promote the growth of the areas still left and borders in Bima District, so further action is required after The strategic area of fast growing in Bima district is the preparation of the master plan, the Administration plan, and the action plan as an effort to encourage accelerating development of potentially regional growth
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Volf, Kevin, Liam Kelly, Enrique García Bengoechea, Blathin Casey, Anna Gobis, Jeroen Lakerveld, Joanna Zukowska, et al. "Policy Evaluation Network (PEN): Protocol for systematic literature review examining the evidence for impact of school policies on physical activity." HRB Open Research 3 (September 4, 2020): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13089.1.
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Introduction: Over 40 million deaths annually are due to noncommunicable diseases, 15 million of these are premature deaths and physical inactivity attributes an estimated 9% to this figure. Global responses have included the sustainable development goals and the global action plan on physical activity. Both point to policy action in physical activity (PA) to address change, yet the impact of policy is unknown. The protocol described outlines a systematic literature review that will be undertaken by the Policy Evaluation Network to address this knowledge gap. Protocol: This review of school PA policies is the first of seven planned reviews. The seven best investments for promotion of population PA identified in the Toronto Charter (whole-of-school programmes, transport policy, urban design policy, primary health care policy, public education policy, community programmes and sport programmes) will form the basis of these reviews. Seven individual scientific literature searches across six electronic databases, using key concepts of policy, PA, evaluation and a distinct concept for each area will be conducted. This will be supplemented with a search of the reference list of included articles. Methodological quality will be assessed and overall effectiveness for each included study will be described according to pre-determined categories. Conclusions: The review will provide policy makers with a list of policy statements and corresponding actions which the evidence has determined impact on PA directly or indirectly. By collating the evidence, and demonstrating the depth of the science base which informs these policy recommendations, this review will provide guidance to policymakers to use evidence-based or evidence-informed policies to achieve the 15% relative reduction in physical inactivity as defined by the ‘Global Action Plan on Physical Activity’. Registration: PROSPERO CRD42020156630 (10/07/2020).
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Chattu, Vijay Kumar, and Paula Mahon. "Economic burden of silent mental disorders: a case study of agnosia in schizophrenia." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 5, no. 1 (December 23, 2017): 401. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175821.
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Mental health problems affect society as a whole, and not just a small, isolated segment. In developed countries with well-organized healthcare systems, between 44% and 70% of patients with mental disorders do not receive treatment whereas in developing countries the treatment gap being close to 90%. Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder affecting more than 21 million people worldwide. People with schizophrenia are 2-2.5 times more likely to die early than the general population. The case study highlights about agnosia in a schizophrenic patient in a primary care setting and how to address the management at a broader perspective using the appropriate antipsychotic medication and ensuring the support from a family without violating the human rights of the patient. The World Economic Forum estimated that the cumulative global impact of mental disorders in terms of lost economic output will amount to US$ 16 trillion over the next 20 years, equivalent to more than 1% of the global gross domestic product. Mental health should be a concern for all of us, rather than only for those who suffer from a mental disorder. The mental health action plan 2013-2020, endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2013, highlights the steps required to provide appropriate services for people with mental disorders including schizophrenia. A key recommendation of the action plan is to shift services from institutions to the community. Mental health must be considered a focus of renewed investment not just in terms of human development and dignity but also in terms of social and economic development.
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Ellis, Lara. "Ontario's provincial parks and protected areas: Challenges and opportunities in ensuring ecological integrity and representation." Forestry Chronicle 73, no. 6 (December 1, 1997): 727–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc73727-6.
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Among the actions needed to conserve biodiversity in Ontario is the completion of a network of protected areas. The Ontario Government committed to completing Ontario's protected areas network in order to conserve biodiversity in 1989. The provincial government announced, in February 1997, a land-use planning process that "will be used for making decisions on natural heritage protection" (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 1997). A framework and action plan on protected areas was publicly released by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) after this announcement. This document and a recent gap analysis report employing the program's methodology indicate that the approach being taken by OMNR in terms of protecting representative areas may fall short of the criteria put forth by World Wildlife Fund Canada, the Wildlands League, and other Endangered Spaces Campaign partners. Key words: Biodiversity, park management, Ontario, natural heritage protection
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Gozali, Imelda. "Utilizing Classroom Action Research in Indonesian Tertiary Students’ English Speaking Class." JET ADI BUANA 5, no. 01 (April 30, 2020): 17–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.36456/jet.v5.n01.2020.2213.
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Proficiency in productive skills, most notably speaking, has been commonly regarded as a gauge of success in learning English. It is of no surprise that many non-English department colleges include English speaking classes, apart from general, grammar-based lessons, in the list of their general basic subjects (mata kuliah dasar umum). The writer has been teaching such English speaking class for three years in a tertiary institute in Indonesia. In the course of it, she noted several frequently-committed errors of her students, and was therefore interested in analyzing them and to study the most appropriate way to address them. There has been scant literature available on Error Analysis (EA) on spontaneous English speech of Indonesian students, let alone the ways to improve the speech through Corrective Feedback (CF). To address this gap, the writer used Error Analysis to group and classify the errors committed, and then gave Corrective Feedback during free, spontaneous speech of the students, in order to try to remedy the errors committed during the speaking classes. The CF was further divided into peer- and teacher-correction, who in turn used different types of feedback (recast, repetition, direct and indirect). The study was carried out using Classroom Action Research methodology, with 80 students as the subjects. The ‘plan’ stage comprised the EA execution, and the CF constituted the ‘act’ stage. In the ‘observe’ and ‘result’ stage, the writer concluded that teaching Basic Phonics, which is usually taught to children when learning to read, might be necessary to improve students’ pronunciation. Students were also receptive to CF from the teacher and could retain some feedback given by their peers.
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Afanador, Germán. "Plan Estratégico de Modernización Tecnológica de la Ganadería Colombiana." Corpoica Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria 1, no. 1 (October 31, 1996): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.21930/rcta.vol1_num1_art:153.
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<p>El Plan de Modernización Tecnológica de la Ganadería Colombiana es el resultado de la concertación entre los productores ganaderos a través de su gremio cúpula, FEDEGAN y de gremios y productores regionales el Gobierno Nacional a través del Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, el Departamento Nacional de Planeación, COLCIENCIAS y CORPOICA y expresa una nueva manera de concebir la innovación tecnológica agropecuaria. Por otra parte, como instrumento de gestión tecnológica promueve el cierre de la brecha tradicional entre la investigación y la adopción de tecnología a través de un mayor contacto y relación interactiva entre investigadores y productores a través de escenarios tecnológicos que reflejan primero, el análisis de la problemática de los sistemas de producción ganaderos predominantes en áreas como: la estacionalidad de la producción de forrajes, el uso inapropiado del recurso genético, los bajos planos nutricionales y de alimentación animal, la degradación de praderas, los problemas de salud animal, la baja calidad de los productos e ineficiencia en los procesos de transformación y de gestión empresarial y segundo una estrategia de acción específica en: fincas, empresas ganaderas, centros de investigación y microrregiones.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Strategic Technology Modernization Plan of Livestock Colombiana</strong></p><p>Technological Modernization Plan of Livestock Colombiana is the result of consultation between livestock producers through its dome guild , guilds FEDEGAN and regional producers and the Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the National Department of planning and CORPOICA COLCIENCIAS and expresses a new way of thinking about agricultural technology innovation . Moreover, as technology management tool promotes closing the traditional gap between research and technology adoption through greater contact and interactive relationship between researchers and farmers through technological scenarios that reflect first analysis problems of livestock production systems prevalent in areas such as the seasonality of forage production , inappropriate use of genetic resources , low nutrition and feed levels , degradation of grasslands, animal health problems , low quality products and inefficiency in processing and business management and strategy second specific action : farms , livestock enterprises , research centers and micro.</p>
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Gifford, Wendy, Roanne Thomas, Gwen Barton, Viviane Grandpierre, and Ian D. Graham. "“Breaking the Silence” to Improve Cancer Survivorship Care for First Nations Peoples." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 17, no. 1 (May 3, 2018): 160940691877413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1609406918774133.
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There is a significant knowledge-to-action gap in cancer survivorship care for First Nations (FN) communities. To date, many approaches to survivorship have not been culturally responsive or community-based. This study is using an Indigenous knowledge translation (KT) approach to mobilize community-based knowledge about cancer survivorship into health-care programs. Our team includes health-care providers and cancer survivors from an FN community in Canada and an urban hospital that delivers Cancer Care Ontario’s Aboriginal Cancer Program. Together, we will study the knowledge-to-action process to inform future KT research with Indigenous peoples for improving health-care delivery and outcomes. The study will be conducted in settings where research relations and partnerships have been established through our parent study, The National Picture Project. The inclusion of community liaisons and the continued engagement of participants from our parent study will foster inclusiveness and far-reaching messaging. Knowledge about unique cancer survivorship needs co-created with FN people in the parent study will be mobilized to improve cancer follow-up care and to enhance quality of life. Findings will be used to plan a large-scale implementation study across Canada.
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Dulal, Tulasa Devi. "Gender Mainstreaming: Policies at the National and International Level." Journal of Population and Development 1, no. 1 (November 27, 2020): 192–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpd.v1i1.33117.
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This paper tries to highlight the existing gender mainstreaming policies and practices at national and international level, to establish a clear vision and make commitments to guide the process of gender mainstreaming and women empowerment to achieve the gender equality, justice and fundamental human rights. The advancement of the rule of law at the national and international levels is thus, essential for the protection of fundamental human rights and freedom. Nepal has an obligation to take an effective action against all such malpractices. Nepal has participated and ratified the gender policies in all Conventions and conferences. To fulfill this very obligation, it has introduced some legal provisions and made an attempt to implement them. Due to this region, Nepal has started to address the gender issues from sixth five year plan to till now. Planned efforts to improve the situation of women began during the Sixth Plan (1981- 1985) but its approach was welfare-driven. The Interim plan (2008-2011) focused the gender responsive budget and allocated the 33 percent reservation in every state structure. The constitution of Nepal 2015, article 11 (5) and (7) compromises the ability of women to independently confer citizenship to her child. Likewise, there are many domestic legal regimes existed here. The fifteenth periodic plan approach paper, 2020 emphasizes the gender equivalence in local level. Government policies are stated with high priorities for gender main streaming policies. The experience shows that ensuring the provisions of equal rights in the constitution is important, but at the same time, proper implementation of those provisions is equally important to balance the theoretical and practical gap of gender and development. The review follows the major discourses that influenced the gender mainstreaming agenda in the form of statements in women's movements, policy documents, laws, press materials, and experiential reflection and everyday narratives captured through existing research.
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de Susanne, Philippe. "EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMO-IPIECA REGIONAL OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PROGRAMME FOR CENTRAL & WESTERN AFRICA (GI-WACAF)." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 2008, no. 1 (May 1, 2008): 1105–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2008-1-1105.
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ABSTRACT The GI WACAF programme is led and funded jointly by the IMO and IPIECA members. Its purpose is to improve oil spill preparedness and response capability across 21 coastal states of West and Central Africa. Launched in 2006, this programme takes earlier IMO/IPIECA work forwards in a newly focused, structured and sustained manner to progress tangible change. The programme faces many challenges with rapidly increasing oil activities in the region and a generally low level of current preparedness; set against improvements needing to suit individual country circumstances and also be consistent and coordinated across the region. Reference is made in this Paper to the IMO'S strategy for oil spill preparedness and response (OPRC Convention 1990). Drawing these together, the six Key Elements of Preparedness, which underpin the GI-WACAF programme, are summarised. The GI-WACAF programme has a Project Coordinator, working under the guidance of the IMO and IPIECA funding members. An action plan was developed after consultation with government and oil industry representatives from the countries in the region, taking the six Elements of Preparedness and translating them into a workable plan for action and improvement. This Paper describes the programme management system and the key features critical to make tangible progress. These include Clarity of Purpose; Commitment from Key Stakeholders; a gap analysis on the Elements of Preparedness and measurable objectives; a Network of ‘Implementers’ and ‘Influencers at different levels of government and industry; follow-up and monitoring of results and achievement; and a Biennial Review to ensure process improvement and action planning. Through this refocused and business-like approach, demonstrate success is being achieved, and will be illustrated in the Paper. Every country and region has unique circumstances but the underlying principles of oil spill preparedness and response are common. This Paper has relevance for any organisation involved in change/improvement processes; both in setting programme objectives and in the essential programme management and implementation.