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Yaowen, Huang. "Create an Ideal Mechanism and Environment for Work Regarding Personnel Studying Abroad." Chinese Education & Society 31, no. 2 (March 1998): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/ced1061-1932310252.

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Puccio, Gerard J., Andrew J. Joniak, and Reginald J. Talbot. "Person-Environment Fit: Examining the Use of Commensurate Scales." Psychological Reports 76, no. 3 (June 1995): 931–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.76.3.931.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the use of commensurate scales for research on person-environment fit. Three commensurate scales were derived from the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory by altering the instructions of this cognitive-style measure. The three scales measured person-environment fit in the workplace. Respondents ( n = 108) indicated the kind of person they were required to be at work, the kind of person they currently were at work, and the kind of person they wanted to be in their ideal jobs. Scores from the person-environment fit measure were compared to scores from Kirton's original style inventory. Tukey tests indicated significant differences between Kirton's measure and individuals' perceptions of the style required at work and the style they preferred for an ideal job. The style demanded at work was more adaptive than the respondents' general style preferences. Also the respondents' ideal work style was more innovative than their general style preferences. Only one subscale, Sufficiency of Originality, showed a significant difference between Kirton's measure and perceptions of the style currently exhibited at work. Also, correlations showed no significant associations between respondents' adaptor-innovator styles and perceptions of the style required at work. Significant correlations were found for respondents' adaptor-innovator style preferences with their current and ideal work styles. Additional findings, interpretations, and implications for research are discussed.

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Motley, Robert J., Richard J. Mazzaccaro, David B. Burmeister, Samuel D. Land, Richard M. Boulay, Heiwon Chung, Lynn Deitrick, and Andrew D. Sumner. "Using focus groups to identify characteristics of an ideal work environment for Advanced Practice Clinicians." Healthcare 4, no. 3 (September 2016): 151–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2015.10.007.

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Sato, Shintaroh, Masahiro Masunaga, Yuki Mori, Nobuyuki Sugii, and Akio Shima. "Impact of Interface Trap Density of SiC-MOSFET in High-Temperature Environment." Materials Science Forum 963 (July 2019): 633–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.963.633.

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We report the physical and electrical characterization of the inversion layer carrier and the shallow interface trap sites with n-and p-channel SiC-MOSFET in terms of high temperature electronics. This work proposes a physical model that explains the difference between Id-Vg measurement result and calculation result supposing the ideal condition with Pao and Sah double ideal in room temperature. The measurement at 500°C confirmed our model so that inversion carrier were thermally excided, they could not be easily trapped by shallow trap sites, and Id-Vg measurement result approached the ideal condition.

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Matei, Gilvani, Giovani Benin, Leomar Guilherme Woyann, Samuel Cristian Dalló, Anderson Simionato Milioli, and Andrei Daniel Zdziarski. "Agronomic performance of modern soybean cultivars in multi-environment trials." Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 52, no. 7 (July 2017): 500–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2017000700004.

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Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the productive performance, and the adaptability and stability parameters of modern soybean (Glycine max) cultivars in multi-environment trials, as well as to identify the ideal genotypes for eight growing environments in Brazil. A randomized complete block experimental design was carried out, with three replicates, for the evaluation of 46 soybean cultivars in eight environments, in the microregions of adaptation 102, 201, and 202, in the 2014/2015 crop season. A complex genotype x environment interaction occurred, with changes in the ranking of genotypes among locations. The NA 5909 RG, M6410IPRO, NS 5959 IPRO, NS6823RR, M5917IPRO, NS 6767 RR, and 6563RSF IPRO cultivars showed the highest mean yields. The NA 5909 RG, NS6823RR, M6410IPRO, and NS 5959 IPRO cultivars showed high adaptability and stability and high grain yield, in the evaluated environments, and were ranked next to the ideal genotype for the analyzed environments. There are modern soybean cultivars, which are adapted, stable, and highly productive, for cultivation in the microregions 102, 201, and 202 for soybean crop adaptation in Brazil.

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Hipp, Dustin M., Kristy L. Rialon, Kathryn Nevel, Anai N. Kothari, and LCDR Dinchen A. Jardine. "“Back to Bedside”: Residents' and Fellows' Perspectives on Finding Meaning in Work." Journal of Graduate Medical Education 9, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 269–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-17-00136.1.

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ABSTRACT Background Physician burnout is common and associated with significant consequences for physicians and patients. One mechanism to combat burnout is to enhance meaning in work. Objective To provide a trainee perspective on how meaning in work can be enhanced in the clinical learning environment through individual, program, and institutional efforts. Methods “Back to Bedside” resulted from an appreciative inquiry exercise by 37 resident and fellow members of the ACGME's Council of Review Committee Residents (CRCR), which was guided by the memoir When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. The exercise was designed to (1) discover current best practices in existing learning environments; (2) dream of ideal ways to enhance meaning in work; (3) design solutions that move toward this optimal environment; and (4) support trainees in operationalizing innovative solutions. Results Back to Bedside consists of 5 themes for how the learning environment can enhance meaning in daily work: (1) more time at the bedside, engaged in direct patient care, dialogue with patients and families, and bedside clinical teaching; (2) a shared sense of teamwork and respect among multidisciplinary health professionals and trainees; (3) decreasing the time spent on nonclinical and administrative responsibilities; (4) a supportive, collegial work environment; and (5) a learning environment conducive to developing clinical mastery and progressive autonomy. Participants identified actions to achieve these goals. Conclusions A national, multispecialty group of trainees developed actionable recommendations for how clinical learning environments can be improved to combat physician burnout by fostering meaning in work. These improvements can be championed by trainees.

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SOUSA, MASSAINE BANDEIRA E., KAESEL JACKSON DAMASCENO-SILVA, MAURISRAEL DE MOURA ROCHA, JOSÉ ÂNGELO NOGUEIRA DE MENEZES JÚNIOR, and LAÍZE RAPHAELLE LEMOS LIMA. "GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN COWPEA LINES USING GGE BIPLOT METHOD." Revista Caatinga 31, no. 1 (March 2018): 64–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252018v31n108rc.

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ABSTRACT The GGE Biplot method is efficien to identify favorable genotypes and ideal environments for evaluation. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate the genotype by environment interaction (G×E) and select elite lines of cowpea from genotypes, which are part of the cultivation and use value tests of the Embrapa Meio-Norte Breeding Program, for regions of the Brazilian Cerrado, by the GGE-Biplot method. The grain yield of 40 cowpea genotypes, 30 lines and 10 cultivars, was evaluated during three years (2010, 2011 and 2012) in three locations: Balsas (BAL), São Raimundo das Mangabeiras (SRM) and Primavera do Leste (PRL). The data were subjected to analysis of variance, and adjusted means were obtained to perform the GGE-Biplot analysis. The graphic results showed variation in the performance of the genotypes in the locations evaluated over the years. The performance of the lines MNC02-675F-4-9 and MNC02-675F-4-10 were considered ideal, with maximum yield and good stability in the locations evaluated. There mega-environments were formed, encompassing environments correlated positively. The lines MNC02-675F-4-9, MNC02-675F-9-3 and MNC02-701F-2 had the best performance within each mega-environment. The environment PRL10 and lines near this environment, such as MNC02-677F-2, MNC02-677F-5 and the control cultivar (BRS-Marataoã) could be classified as those of greater reliability, determined basically by the genotypic effects, with reduced G×E. Most of the environments evaluated were ideal for evaluation of G×E, since the genotypes were well discriminated on them. Therefore, the selection of genotypes with adaptability and superior performance for specific environments through the GGE-Biplot analysis was possible.

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Olvera-Lobo, María Dolores, Bryan Robinson, José A. Senso, Ricardo Muñoz-Martín, Eva Muñoz-Raya, Miguel Murillo-Melero, Enrique Quero-Gervilla, María Rosa Castro-Prieto, and Tomás Conde-Ruano. "Teleworking and collaborative work environments in translation training." Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation 55, no. 2 (June 17, 2009): 165–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.55.2.05olv.

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The professional translation work is highly influenced by new communication opportunities, reason why teleworking must occupy its rightful place in translator training at tertiary level. In addition, the ideal translation process should be divided into different stages (as already occurs in major translation agencies), each task being assigned to a different team member with a different role. This paper presents the results of a research study on translation students’ disposition towards and level of satisfaction with the use of a collaborative work environment. We propose a “Professional Approach to Translator Training”, our didactic model combines elements of roleplay, team-based task learning, simulation and case study in an innovative e-learning environment that functions via a collaborative platform (BSCW). Questionnaires were designed and used as evaluation tools before and after the experience of working in a collaborative environment. The aim of these evaluation tools was to measure students’ knowledge of the following skills: computing, tele- and teamwork, and translation tasks. The internal global consistency was adequate (Cronbach’s alpha in the pre-course questionnaire is 0.902 and the value for the post-course questionnaire is 0.802). Results show that collaborative work environments make the learning process easier, maintain students’ pre-existing positive disposition towards teamwork, and improve students’ self-confidence with regard to computers and translation tasks. The data obtained from this study suggest that using a collaborative work platform in translation course is beneficial, enabling students to gain confidence and feel satisfied with their work.

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Stan, Ovidiu Petru, Szilárd Enyedi, Cosmina Corches, Stelian Flonta, Iulia Stefan, Dan Gota, and Liviu Miclea. "Method to Increase Dependability in a Cloud-Fog-Edge Environment." Sensors 21, no. 14 (July 9, 2021): 4714. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21144714.

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Robots can be very different, from humanoids to intelligent self-driving cars or just IoT systems that collect and process local sensors’ information. This paper presents a way to increase dependability for information exchange and processing in systems with Cloud-Fog-Edge architectures. In an ideal interconnected world, the recognized and registered robots must be able to communicate with each other if they are close enough, or through the Fog access points without overloading the Cloud. In essence, the presented work addresses the Edge area and how the devices can communicate in a safe and secure environment using cryptographic methods for structured systems. The presented work emphasizes the importance of security in a system’s dependability and offers a communication mechanism for several robots without overburdening the Cloud. This solution is ideal to be used where various monitoring and control aspects demand extra degrees of safety. The extra private keys employed by this procedure further enhance algorithm complexity, limiting the probability that the method may be broken by brute force or systemic attacks.

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O’Connor, Lindsey Trimble, and Erin A. Cech. "Not Just a Mothers’ Problem: The Consequences of Perceived Workplace Flexibility Bias for All Workers." Sociological Perspectives 61, no. 5 (April 13, 2018): 808–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0731121418768235.

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Flexibility bias and the “ideal worker” norm pose serious disadvantages for working mothers. But, are mothers the only ones harmed by these norms? We argue that these norms can be harmful for all workers, even “ideal” ones—men without caregiving responsibilities who have never used flexible work arrangements. We investigate how working in an environment where workers perceive flexibility bias affects their job attitudes and work-life spillover. Using representative survey data of U.S. workers, we find that perceived flexibility bias reduces job satisfaction and engagement and increases turnover intentions and work-life spillover for all types of workers, even ideal workers. The effects of perceived bias on satisfaction, turnover, and spillover operate beyond experiences with family responsibilities discrimination and having colleagues who are unsupportive of work-life balance. We show that workplace cultures that harbor flexibility bias—and, by extension, that valorize ideal work—may affect the entire workforce in costly ways.

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Symon, Bernard Dennis. "Brain Laterality and Pharmacists' ideal interactive work environment: an empirical investigation." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6456.

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Doctor Pharmaceuticae - Dpharm
The brain laterality of pharmacists may influence where the pharmacists are best suited to work. Brain laterality refers to the asymmetry of the hemispheres of the brain with regard to specific cognitive functions, such as objectivity and emotion. The left hemisphere functions objectively and rationally, whereas the right hemisphere is subjective and nonrational. Animal behaviour in the literature demonstrated an influence of brain laterality, thus selecting an ideal work environment may also be driven by brain laterality bias. Further support for the research included: amblyopia; hemiplegia; the WADA test. The research question investigated the matching of the brain laterality groups of pharmacists to their ideal work environments. The aims investigated: ear, eye, hand and foot dominance in determining brain laterality; influence of brain laterality and reductionistic variables on job choice; location of emotion generation and job choice. Five objectives investigated these aims: influence of brain laterality alone; influence of brain laterality and reductionistic variables; influence of a new brain laterality determining continuum; Propinquity Principle in achieving data; correctness of the Right Hemisphere Theory (RHT) or the Valence Theory (VT). The RHT suggests that the right hemisphere is dominant in processing all emotion. The VT argues that the left hemisphere is specialised in processing the positive emotions while the right hemisphere is specialised in processing the negative emotions. The resulting Null Hypothesis posits that there is no statistical difference between the different brain laterality groups enabling pharmacists to work competently in any placement. The Alternative Hypothesis was that there is a statistical difference between the brain laterality groups, thus brain laterality can be used to best place pharmacists into ideal placements. Global warming questions in the questionnaire determined positive and negative emotion as well as enthusiasm for global warming problems. In South Africa, probability cluster sampling was applied utilising postal and email methods. In the UK, non-probability purposive sampling was applied utilising four methods: snowballing, email, postal, and convenience sampling. Both countries produced similar results for the same sample size.

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Djäken, Katarina. "Jämställdhet som ideal och praktik på ett IT-företag." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Gender, Culture and History, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-978.

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Utifrån ett genusvetenskapligt perspektiv undersöktes i uppsatsen vilka möjligheter och hinder som finns för jämställdhetsarbete på ett IT-företag. En enkätundersökning utifrån en bearbetning av ett enkätförslag från JämO kompletterades med kvalitativa intervjuer och relaterades till koncernens jämställdhetsplan och personalpolicy. Att organisationen bestod av tjänstemän och hade en platt organisationsstruktur var två faktorer som antogs prägla dess genuskontrakt, ett begrepp som hämtades från Hirdmans teoribildning. För att undersöka skillnaden mellan det samhälleliga jämställdhetsidealet och jämställdhet som praktik användes två teman, arbetsmiljö relaterat till genus och attityder till jämställdhet. Resultaten visade en organisation där jämställdhet var ett outtalat ideal, medan praktiskt jämställdhetsarbete saknades. Stort individuellt ansvar och hög grad av informell arbetsdelning var delar av de interna rutinerna. De främsta möjligheterna för aktivt jämställdhetsarbete var att det fanns kvinnor och män på alla nivåer och att individens kompetens värderades mycket högt. När det gällde hinder för jämställdhetsarbete var det för det första komplicerat för såväl chefer som medarbetare att över huvud taget definiera problem i termer av genus- och jämställdhetsfrågor. För det andra riskerade den som påtalade jämställdhetsproblem att mista viktiga kontakter och uppdrag. För det tredje fick medarbetarna själva på grund av den ständiga tidspressen och bristen på ledningsinitiativ i jämställdhetsfrågor hantera genusrelaterade problem individuellt, i mån av egen tid och kraft. Paradoxalt nog medförde anammandet av jämställdhetsidealet och företagets fokus på individens kompetens att genus inte tilläts bli en uttalad faktor som kunde påverka arbetsmiljön. På grund av det doldes ojämställdhet och därigenom även vikten av praktiskt jämställdhetsarbete.

In this essay, the opportunities and obstacles of gender equality work were examined from a gender theory perspective. A survey was used, based on a questionnaire from the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (JämO), which was complemented by qualititative interviews. The data was then analyzed in relation to the equal opportunities policy and staff policy of the corporation head quarters. The organization had a non-hierarchical structure and consisted of salaried employees, which was asumed to influence its gender contract – a concept derived from the theories of Hirdman. In order to examine the difference between the ideal of gender equality in the Swedish society and the gender equality in practice, two themes were used, the work environment in relation to gender and attitudes towards gender equality. The result showed an organization where gender equality was an unspoken ideal, while active work for it was lacking. In the company, a high degree of individual responsibility and an informal distribution of work were parts of the internal routines. The foremost opportunities for actively working for gender equality were the fact that both men and women were found at all levels of the company, and that individual competence was highly valued. Three obstacles were identified. Firstly, it was complicated for both managers and staff to define problems in terms of gender and gender equality issues. Secondly, those who called attention to problems risked losing important contacts and commissions. Thirdly, due to the constant time pressure and the lack of initiative from management in gender equality issues, the employees had to handle problems arising relating to gender on their own, depending on their own time and energy. Paradoxically, the adopting of the ideal of gender equality and the focus on individual competence prevented gender being seen as a factor that could affect the work environment. By that, inequalities relating to gender were hidden and thereby also the importance of active gender equality work.

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Symon, Bernard Dennis. "A Reductionistic Epistemology utilizing Brain Laterality which Investigates Pharmacists' Ideal Interactive Environment." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6487.

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Doctor Pharmaceuticae - Dpharm
The brain laterality of pharmacists may influence where the pharmacists are best suited to work. Brain laterality refers to the asymmetry of the hemispheres of the brain with regard to specific cognitive functions, such as objectivity and emotion. The left hemisphere functions objectively and rationally, whereas the right hemisphere is subjective and non-rational. Animal behaviour in the literature demonstrated an influence of brain laterality, thus selecting an ideal work environment may also be driven by brain laterality bias. Further support for the research included: amblyopia; hemiplegia; the WADA test. The research question investigated the matching of the brain laterality groups of pharmacists to their ideal work environments. The aims investigated: ear, eye, hand and foot dominance in determining brain laterality; influence of brain laterality and reductionistic variables on job choice; location of emotion generation and job choice. Five objectives investigated these aims: influence of brain laterality alone; influence of brain laterality and reductionistic variables; influence of a new brain laterality determining continuum; Propinquity Principle in achieving data; correctness of the Right Hemisphere Theory (RHT) or the Valence Theory (VT). The RHT suggests that the right hemisphere is dominant in processing all emotion. The VT argues that the left hemisphere is specialised in processing the positive emotions while the right hemisphere is specialised in processing the negative emotions. The resulting Null Hypothesis posits that there is no statistical difference between the different brain laterality groups enabling pharmacists to work competently in any placement. The Alternative Hypothesis was that there is a statistical difference between the brain laterality groups, thus brain laterality can be used to best place pharmacists into ideal placements.

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Dimas, Anastasios. "D-work innovation : where, when and in which social context do good ideas evolve in the distributed work environment of knowledge workers?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54202.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-160).
The nature of work is changing. Until recently, the majority of people worked in fixed, team-based collaborations in collocated settings for fixed periods of time. Currently we are experiencing a major shift towards distributed work. D-work is multi-tasking (workers participate in many projects and teams that often change), multi-locational (work is conducted by people located in different divisions, firms, organizations and time-zones) and mobile (people conduct work while transiting). D-Work changes the definition of the traditional office and blurs the boundaries between home, workplace and the city. Homes will have to accommodate work, businesses must adapt their policies and office spaces to D-work and cities have to adapt to new patterns of mixed work-live units. At the moment, workers, managers and designers have become less aware of where, when, with whom and during which activities, does the most productive and creative work take place. In an effort to tackle the above mentioned issue, we developed a methodology that combines Context-Aware Experience Sampling with traditional ethnographic tools. Our system is composed of a Bluetooth-based positioning system, a context-aware self-report survey administered on mobile phones and traditional questionnaires. The methodology was tested via a four week case study on innovation that was conducted in a marketing firm based in Helsinki. During the study we collected data from eleven participants about the occurrence of work-related ideas and barriers inside and outside the office space.
(cont.) All participants provided us with information about their work habits by filling out a questionnaire prior to the beginning of the study. By juxtaposing their answers to their actual work-life data that we collected, similarities and discrepancies between the two emerged that helped us to understand and assess their work behavior. General results as well as personal reports that were compiled for three subjects are presented and analyzed. An overall assessment of the system and suggested improvements based on results and participant feedback are also discussed.
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Ejnar, Kingfors Amanda. "Att möta ett träd : En undersökning av intra-aktion i relation till kunskapande." Thesis, Konstfack, IBIS - Institutionen för bild- och slöjdpedagogik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7979.

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Undersökningens syfte är att utforska kunskapande processer med fokus på materiell agensoch intra-aktion genom analys av en slöjdprocess med en nyfälld björk. Målet är att försökasynliggöra hur icke-hierarkiska intra-aktioner i en slöjdprocess kan se ut, genom att studerasamhandling, ömsesidighet, agens och maktstrukturer.Empiri har samlats i en autoetnografisk studie där reflektioner gjorts över mina erfarenheterunder slöjdprocesser tillsammans med en björk. Inledningsvis upplevde jagmaktfullkomlighet över björken då jag skapade ett styckningsschema och arbetsplan.Efterhand insåg jag att björken i stor grad påverkade mig och processen. Björkens agenskrävde ett snabbt och systematiskt omhändertagande för att tillåta sig bearbetas. Björkensstarka närvaro med stora mängder spån och ris, ställde krav på mig att lägga större fokus åtdessa processer. Vid varje motstånd i materialet, frustration och känsla att behöva taoplanerade beslut, agerade trädet eller någon annan aktör som transaktant och bytte riktningpå processen.Alla aktörer i en process förhåller sig till varandra i en kollektiv enhet. Känsla av makt ochkontroll i processen kunde nås i en ömsesidig dialog genom lyhördhet till de andra aktörerna.För att kunna ha en dialog med ett träd, att kunna läsa av det eller möta dess krav, behöverden materiella agensen erkännas.

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Misso, Brent W. "Psychotherapeutic encounters : masculine ideals of gender and the construction of hysteria in nineteenth and early twentieth-century America / by Brent W. Misso." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/34993.

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Early nineteenth-century America witnessed social change which significantly altered the structure of human relationships. Out of this transformation came new configurations of gender and sexuality which colored relations between the sexes well into the twentieth century. But these gender prescriptions did not merely serve to pattern male/female interactions, they informed the Victorian America male self-concept as well. As this study will demonstrate, men born and raised in the middle of the nineteenth century were bombarded with a masculine ethos which would permeate their personal and professional lives. This study focuses particularly upon men who entered the medical profession. More specifically, this is an investigation of those practitioners who took up psychotherapy in the course of conducting their medical practice. Overall, the thesis will show that gender roles did indeed influence medical professionals in the investigation and treatment of hysteria in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The first chapter is an overview of the issues to be addressed in the thesis. The formal study begins in the second chapter with an examination of the construction of gender roles in nineteenth-century America. The third chapter summarizes the development of the professions and the subsequent ascent of medicine. The process of professionalization created a reciprocal relationship between medical science and the broader culture by which the medical practitioners of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century achieved an unprecedented status. As the mediators between medical knowledge and society, practitioners based their scientific opinions directly upon their congenial view of the world. The fourth chapter explores the therapeutic encounter centered upon hysteria. The hysteria malady, closely linked with femininity over the sweep of its long history, provided physicians with a diagnosis that allowed them to discourse on social concerns about gender difference in general, and about the troublesome nature of women in particular. Finally, the fifth chapter traces the introduction of psychoanalysis into the American psychotherapeutic scene. As a form of psychotherapy taken up by a small group of practitioners interested in psychological theories of illness and healing, psychoanalysis was gradually adopted and then modified to suit the needs of American professionals who continued to be guided by ideas of masculinity forged in Victorian America.
Graduation date: 1996

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Wentzel, Dorithea Maria. "Kwasizabantu : a spatial development framework and detail design." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24388.

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The aim of this thesis is to analyse and interpret the existent and future needs of the people and environment of the mission station, Kwasizabantu,to ensure settlement growth that will enhance the social, economical and environmental aspects of the settlement. This will result in a development framework of the whole site, a master plan for the lifespan of the settlement and detailed design of the heart of the settlement.
Dissertation (ML(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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Books on the topic "Ideal work environment"

United States. Dept. of Education. Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs. Good ideas at work for education. Washington, D.C: The Dept., 1987.

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Affairs, United States Dept of Education Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency. Good ideas at work for education. Washington, D.C: The Dept., 1987.

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Good ideas at work for education. Washington, D.C: The Dept., 1987.

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Hmara, Ivan, and Viktor Strel'nikov. Environmental epidemiology and risk assessment. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1019063.

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The material presented in the textbook is based on modern ideas about environmental epidemiology as an interdisciplinary field of knowledge, the purpose of which is a multi — level study of the "environment-human health"system. Special attention is paid to the issues of risk assessment as an integral part of ecoepidemiological research. It corresponds to the program of the discipline "Environmental Epidemiology", approved by the Scientific and Methodological Council for Environmental Education of UMO Universities. For students in the field of training 05.03.06 "Ecology and nature management", as well as related biological, environmental and medical areas and specialists of the relevant work profiles.

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Nish, Steven R. Good ideas for creating a more ethical and effective workplace. Bloomington, IN: Unlimited Pub., 2005.

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Thurman, J. E. Higher productivity and a better place to work: Practical ideas for owners and managers of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises. Geneva: I.L.O., 1988.

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Lucas, Dietrich, ed. XS: Big ideas, small buildings. London: Thames & Hudson, 2001.

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Richardson, Phyllis. XS: Big ideas, small buildings. New York, N.Y: Universe, 2001.

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Dworsky, Richard F. Ideas to help in project management: And resource management plans, human resource skills, environmental documents, staff work, special projects and more. Anchorage, Alaska: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office, 1990.

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The earth and how it works: A lab manual and workbook with teaching ideas, projects, and activities in environmental science. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1985.

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Book chapters on the topic "Ideal work environment"

Gattol, Valentin, Jan Bobeth, Kathrin Röderer, Sebastian Egger, Georg Regal, Ulrich Lehner, and Manfred Tscheligi. "From Bottom-up Insights to Feature Ideas: A Case Study into the Office Environments of Older Knowledge Workers." In Human Work Interaction Design. Work Analysis and Interaction Design Methods for Pervasive and Smart Workplaces, 83–96. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27048-7_6.

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Swensen, Stephen J., and Tait D. Shanafelt. "Coherence Ideal Work Element: Safety." In Mayo Clinic Strategies To Reduce Burnout, edited by Stephen J. Swensen and Tait D. Shanafelt, 163–68. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190848965.003.0022.

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Physical and psychological safety are important elements of the ideal work environment for health care professionals. Health care organizations should regularly assess both types of safety in their clinical work environments and mitigate factors that erode these qualities. Improving physical and psychological safety is central to creating Coherence and must be embedded into the leadership and organization infrastructure.

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Swensen, Stephen J., and Tait D. Shanafelt. "Agency Ideal Work Element: Trust and Respect." In Mayo Clinic Strategies To Reduce Burnout, edited by Stephen J. Swensen and Tait D. Shanafelt, 95–98. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190848965.003.0013.

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Health care professionals need to feel trusted by the leaders of their organization. Micromanagement and unnecessary adherence to process without justification are the antithesis of trust and respect. Without trust and the supportive, respectful environment it creates, health care professionals will be less likely to do their best or be invested in the organizational mission. Organizations build trust and respect by making every attempt to treat all staff fairly. All team members must work together to make sure an inclusive and respectful work environment is created and maintained.

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Swensen, Stephen J., and Tait D. Shanafelt. "Coherence Ideal Work Element: Fairness and Equity." In Mayo Clinic Strategies To Reduce Burnout, edited by Stephen J. Swensen and Tait D. Shanafelt, 159–62. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190848965.003.0021.

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Fairness and equity are important elements of the ideal work environment. Health care professionals need transparency in all matters that make sense including the way pay, privileges, and work schedules are determined. This Ideal Work Element also requires fair and just accountability to provide support when clinicians experience a traumatic patient adverse care event.

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Thiemann, Matthias. "The Role of Trust in Interactive High Tech Work." In Trust and Technology in a Ubiquitous Modern Environment, 107–22. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-901-9.ch007.

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With regard to the spread of self-presentations of individuals and small firms on the internet, this chapter inquires into the role of trust and trust-building techniques of freelance web-designers in spreading the application of high-technology to end-consumers. Engendering relationships of trust is a predominant necessity for the freelancers in a market lacking structural assurances, making that group an ideal object of study for trust-enhancing strategies in client interaction. Methodologically, it proposes a way to study the adaptation of entrepreneurs to the requirements of trust, enlarging the focus on dramaturgic action of the trust-taker in exchange situation to markets for cooperation, in which cooperative experiences are a major trust-building factor. The analysis suggests that in those markets dramaturgical action is not only directed at clients but also at the referral networks in which they are embedded in, having important repercussions for the negotiating power of freelancers.

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Shiri, Alphonce Tavona. "The Role of Leadership in Cultivating a Responsible Collective Creative Work Environment." In Collective Creativity for Responsible and Sustainable Business Practice, 82–105. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1823-5.ch005.

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This chapter examines the concept of collective creativity in the work environment and in particular the manufacturing sector in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The chapter analyzes the role of a leader in fostering a work climate that cultivates collaborative efforts by followers in creating new ideas and for the sustainability of business operations. Literature relating to leadership role in enhancing sustainable and responsible collective creativity is reviewed. The chapter adopted a quantitative approach in which a survey questionnaire was pilot tested to assess the clarity of the questions on the questionnaire and test the internal consistency of the questions. A pilot test of the situational outlook questionnaire (SOQ) was conducted on 20 respondents in the manufacturing industry to assess the questions for clarity and internal consistency. The final survey questionnaire was distributed to 60 employees in the manufacturing sector in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The items on the questionnaire were rated on a 5 point Likert scale. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23. Data was analysed to determine the correlations between the independent variables and dependent variables. Transformational leadership constructs, namely idealised influence, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation and individualised consideration constituted leadership independent variables. Analysis of research data reveals that high performance is related to sustainable business practices such as the creation of environmentally friendly and affordable products. Unethical business practices are found to be negatively related to business performance and collective creativity. Analysis of the data revealed a positive correlation between individualised consideration construct of transformational leadership and ideal support (r=.527, p=.001) and a positive correlation between individualised consideration and openness (r=.343, p<.001), and a positive correlation between individualised consideration and involvement (r=.123, p<.001) This means that when a leader displays support through taking into consideration the individual needs of his or her followers, subordinates feel that the leader is encouraging them to participate in company activity and increase their perception of an involving climate. Acts of leadership support also stimulate subordinate views of an open forum where they can contribute to collective creativity within the organisation.

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Tammemagi, Hans. "Landfills: How Do They Work?" In The Waste Crisis. Oxford University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195128987.003.0010.

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Throughout history the landfill has been the bottom line of waste management: this is where the buck stops. Because of its fundamental importance, a thorough understanding of how a landfill is designed and operated is necessary. Municipal landfills are the most common; they accept our household garbage and often take some commercial and industrial waste as well. They are generally operated by local municipalities, although some are privately owned. We are all stakeholders in the landfill, however, contributing our share when we place our garbage by the curbside each week. Another type of landfill is that used by industries. These are generally situated near the industrial plants they serve and are usually dedicated to the specific process wastes produced at the factory. In terms of design, they do not differ significantly from municipal landfills. There are also “secure” landfills for hazardous waste, known in the United States as Subtitle C hazardous waste disposal sites. These different landfills do not differ greatly in design, and the following descriptions are largely applicable to all of them. A number of specific case histories are presented in chapter 11. Historically, it has been convenient to site landfills in depressions such as ravines, canyons, abandoned quarries, and open pits that could be easily filled up. These locations were selected largely on the basis of convenience, with proximity to the centers being served and price of land being key parameters. In the early 1900s, and even as late as the early 1970s, landfills were seen as an ideal way of “reclaiming” swamps and wetlands. With the loss of natural areas to urbanization and agriculture, and with the recognition that wetlands play an important role in the ecosystem, this practice is no longer condoned. It is now recognized that one of the most effective ways of protecting the environment is by carefully siting landfills at locations that provide natural security. In particular, the geological formation should contain or naturally attenuate contaminants to acceptable concentrations. If natural attenuation is not possible, then engineered barriers must be incorporated. Today, the trend is toward both incorporating extensive engineered barriers and seeking sites that offer geological containment.

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Swensen, Stephen J., and Tait D. Shanafelt. "The Blueprint for Cultivating Esprit de Corps." In Mayo Clinic Strategies To Reduce Burnout, edited by Stephen J. Swensen and Tait D. Shanafelt, 49–54. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190848965.003.0006.

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The Blueprint is an evidence-based framework for cultivating esprit de corps in an organization. It is grounded on a moral imperative and a business case, which is necessary to gain the support of senior leadership. The framework is aligned with the best interests of patients, health care professionals, and mission-driven organizations. From a systems perspective, the goal is to increase structural and functional sources of positivity and decrease structural and functional sources of negativity in the work environment. The imperative to improve clinician esprit de corps is a shared responsibility. Achieving it requires individuals and leaders across the organization working together to create the ideal work environment.

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Asraf Hairuddin, Muhammad, Nur Dalila Khirul Ashar, Amar Faiz Zainal Abidin, and Nooritawati Md Tahir. "Cost-Effective Interfaces with Arduino-LabVIEW for an IOT-Based Remote Monitoring Application." In LabVIEW - A Flexible Environment for Modeling and Daily Laboratory Use. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97784.

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To date, research efforts have demonstrated the stimulated need for the Internet of Things (IoT) based monitoring device in their laboratory. The benefits of remote laboratories in overcoming time constraints and the disadvantages of usability of conventional laboratories are well known. In addition to the current control engineering laboratories, a remote lab that incorporates an industry-relevant method has been established to assist in the understanding of data acquisition with cost-effective platform integration. However, one of the greatest challenges is the creation of a low-cost and user-friendly remote laboratory experiment that is ideal for interacting with the actual laboratory via a mobile device. The main objective of this work is therefore to build a remote laboratory system based on the IoT using the LabVIEW-Arduino interface with the example of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) tuning scheme for the LD-Didactic temperature plant. The practical work would include the implementation of the low-cost Arduino module connecting the actual plant to mobile devices. In addition, interfaces have been built using the Blynk application to allow communication between the end user and the laboratory equipment. In line with the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0), the proposed study structure called for the digitization of the current laboratory experiment method.

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Hendrickson, Anthony R., and Troy J. Strader. "Managerial Issues for Telecommuting." In Cases on Information Technology Series, 38–47. IGI Global, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-56-8.ch004.

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In this paper the issues faced by firms in today’s telecommunications environment are compared and contrasted with an actual telecommuting case study of Trade Reporting and Data Exchange, Inc. (T.R.A.D.E.), a software engineering company located in San Mateo, CA. Initial results indicate that telecommuting was successful for T.R.A.D.E because the required technology was widely available (the candidate initiated the idea and had the necessary industry and company experience) the organization could provide the flexible work arrangement while retaining a valuable employee, the employees were able to live in a geographic area of their choice, overall costs could be shared by the company and employees, the job category was an ideal fit, and existing procedures were in place for communicating and managing the geographically detached worker. As telecommunications technology evolves this arrangement will continue to challenge the firm and their employees.

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Conference papers on the topic "Ideal work environment"

Safronova, Victoria, and Evgeniya Klyukina. "The Ideal Language Student ‒ Myth or Reality." In 14th International Scientific Conference "Rural Environment. Education. Personality. (REEP)". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Engineering. Institute of Education and Home Economics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/reep.2021.14.020.

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The image of the ideal student, existing in the era of new technologies, ubiquitous Twitter and Facebook, messengers and commercials, undoubtedly attracts the attention of researchers both at home and abroad. This is a cumulative image of cognitive abilities, business qualities, psycho-physiological peculiarities, appearance and interpersonal skills. This study aims to identify the main characteristics of the image of the ideal language student as perceived by the teachers of foreign languages from three leading universities: Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Plekhanov Russian Economics University and The Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. The relevance of the study is determined by insufficient research of the problem and qualitative changes which have been occurring over the 21st century in education in general and tertiary education in particular. The article attempts to describe and analyse the results of an anonymous survey pertaining to the image of ideal language students as perceived by the practicing instructors of foreign languages. The total number of respondents was 79, including 42 instructors from Plekhanov University, 22 from the Presidential Academy and 15 from MSU. The analysis of the responses showed that the ideal student as perceived by the teachers is the one who possesses good critical thinking skills, is motivated and disciplined with a serious attitude to study. The obtained results do not allow drawing conclusions about specific features of the ideal student depending on the length of pedagogical experience. Each age group included all possible sets of characteristics. It is noteworthy that teachers from MSU valued both social qualities (team work, sociability) and personality traits (diligence, decency); the instructors from the Presidential Academy ranked first adequate reaction to critique and willingness to listen and hear; while their counterparts from Plekhanov University emphasized the importance of good presentation skills, speaking and communication competency alongside the interest in the subject. The statement “There are no ideal students” also came from among the practitioners of Plekhanov University.

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Reamon, Derek T., and Sheri D. Sheppard. "The Role of Simulation Software in an Ideal Learning Environment." In ASME 1997 Design Engineering Technical Conferences. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc97/dtm-3891.

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Abstract For years, computers have promised to revolutionize education. Educators crave and skeptics demand justification for the large outlay of resources required to introduce information technology into the curriculum. Engineering educators have drawn upon the work of education theorists, computer scientists and communication experts to explore the effectiveness of this promising technology in their curricula. This paper analyzes three pairs of students using various solution techniques to solve a mechanical engineering design problem. We will focus on the use of a computer-based simulation tool and its effect on the students’ process of solving the problem. We will use two learning theories to explore the learning environment and draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the computer simulation for teaching engineering.

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Masood, Jawad, Matteo Zoppi, and Rezia Molfino. "Multi-Terrain Vehicle Active Suspension Control Modeling and Design." In ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2011-47468.

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This paper presents the progress of work toward state of art design and development of active suspension low level impedance control for high speed (> 80km/h) multi-terrain vehicles. We have used a quarter car suspension model for mechanical system modeling. The system utilizes hydraulic actuation to change the impedance at joints. The control strategy is designed such that the excitation force or disturbance from the environment is balanced such that the system follows ideal impedance parameters. Control synthesis is performed on the position control scheme for the analysis of sensitivity, robustness and performance. In the end different control tuning techniques are used to improve the impedance control performance under environmental conditions.

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Watson, Bryan C., and Cassandra Telenko. "Product Service System Design in New Situations: Prediction of Demand Surfaces From Environment." In ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2019-97691.

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Abstract Product service systems (PSS), such as DVD rental stations or the subway, face a unique problem slowing their adoption and growth: they are uniquely dependent upon timely or expensive user data for system planning, yet user datasets are only accurate for a small part of the entire PSS. Thus, methods to use the available data effectively and use data collected in one portion of a PSS for system design in another portion could transform PSS design. PSS allow customers to purchase use of a product rather than the product itself, resulting in improved environmental sustainability. The central question examined by this work is: how can designers compensate for situations where the design environment has changed and limited user data is available to inform demand estimations? Our hypothesis is that publicly available socio-demographic and environmental variables can be used to estimate the demand outside of the boundaries previously constrained by available user data. This approach was validated by applying multivariable regressions to a major Bike Share System (BSS) Expansion, outperforming the methods utilized by the BSS operators. The approach is tested in four different design scenarios. When examining all 174 stations added in 2015, our approach shows a moderate correlation with the ideal ordering (Rho = .566, Stations = 174, p < .01), while the implemented operator ordering was only weakly correlated (Rho = .334, Stations = 174, p < .01). This work demonstrates a partial solution to the problem of transforming available user data into demand for new situations.

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Davey, Bill, and Arthur Tatnall. "The Lifelong Learning Iceberg of Information Systems Academics - A Study of On-Going Formal and Informal Learning by Academics." In InSITE 2007: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3088.

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This article describes a study that examined the lifelong learning of information systems academics in relation to their normal work. It begins by considering the concept of lifelong learning, its relationship to real-life learning and that lifelong learning should encompass the whole spectrum of formal, non-formal and informal learning. Most world governments had recognised the importance of support for lifelong learning. Borrowing ideas and techniques use by Livingstone in a large-scale 1998 survey of the informal learning activities of Canadian adults, the study reported in this article sought to uncover those aspects of information systems academics’ lifelong learning that might lead policy setters to understand the sources of learning valued by these academics. It could be argued that in the past the university sector was a leader in promoting the lifelong learning of its academic staff, but recent changes in the university environment around the world have moved away from this ideal and academics interviewed from many countries all report rapidly decreasing resources available for academic support. In this environment it is important to determine which learning sources are valued by information systems academic so that informed decisions can be made on support priorities.

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Schmitz, J., and S. Desa. "The Development of Virtual Concurrent Engineering and its Application to Stamped Products." In ASME 1992 Design Technical Conferences. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc1992-0140.

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Abstract It is well-known that so-called Concurrent Engineering is a desirable alternative to the largely sequential methods which tend to dominate most product development methods. However, the proper implementation of a concurrent engineering method is still relatively rare. In order to facilitate the development of a reliable concurrent engineering product development method, we start with a careful definition of concurrent engineering and, after an extensive study of all of product development, we propose three criteria which ideal concurrent engineering must satisfy. However, for labor, time, and overall cost considerations, ideal concurrent engineering is infeasible. Instead, we propose a computer-based environment which, by being constructed in accordance with the three criteria, attempts to approach ideal concurrent engineering. The result is the Virtual Concurrent Engineering method and computer implementation environment. This product development method and computer-based implementation system provide the detailed, structured information and data needed to optimally balance the product with respect to the main product development parameters (e.g., manufacturing costs, assembly, reliability). This important information includes re-design suggestions to improve the existing design. The designer can directly apply these re-design suggestions for design optimization, or he can use the results as input into a more complex design optimization or design parameterization function of his own. To demonstrate Virtual Concurrent Engineering, we use it to refine earlier work done by the authors in the Design for Producibility of stamped products. We discuss, in some detail, the results of applying Design for Producibility to complex stampings, including process plans and product producibility computations.

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Sturges, R. H., and Schitt Laowattana. "Passive Assembly of Non-Axisymmetric Rigid Parts." In ASME 1994 Design Technical Conferences collocated with the ASME 1994 International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exhibition and the ASME 1994 8th Annual Database Symposium. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc1994-0381.

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Abstract This paper addresses automatic assembly with passive rather than active compliant devices. Previous work has shown that in an ideal manufacturing environment three assembly primitives (prismatic insertions, threaded fits and general path insertions) exhibit a high level of difficulty. None of these are reliably assemblable under sensor-based force control or with an ordinary remote center compliance (RCC) device. In this paper, we extend the science of part mating and apply dexterity theory to synthesize a passive assembly device for precision fits of three-dimensional prismatic parts. This Spatial Remote Center Compliance (SRCC) obviates sensor-based and force control approaches to precision assembly of non-axisymmetric parts.

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Diaz-Mendez, Sosimo E., Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, Jose M. Rodriguez-Lelis, and Cuauhte´moc Rubio-Arana. "Environmental Impact Index Using Exergy Destruction Within an Ecosystem: Methodology." In ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2009-12016.

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Theoretical bases of the use of the irreversibilities concept in an ecosystem as an environment impact index are presented in this paper. Because an ecosystem is composed by different biotics and abiotics parts, each part has a specific function in the processes to transport energy inside the ecosystem, all these processes having a large dependence between them. When anthropogenic emissions is produced part of the useful energy of the process are used to assimilate or to absorb those emissions, and irreversibilities are produced in the processes of the ecosystem when emissions are made by the human beings. Thus, the work that an ecosystem can carry out varies as a function of the irreversibilities produced by anthropogenic sources; the permanency or loss of the ecosystem depends on how many irreversibilities it can support. The second law of thermodynamics through a systematic use of the exergy concept o lost work concept are the basis of this methodology. The ecosystem can be divided in subsystems, each subsystem interrelated with the other ones, and then an ideal work variation can be obtained from each variation in the ecosystem (being the subsystems the water, the soil, the atmosphere, the organisms and the society). Thus, a global index could be determined by adding the partial irreversibility of each subsystem, and could be used to determine the trend that an ecosystem will follow due to alterations of its pristine, original or environmental line base state. Applying the methodology presented here an index of environmental impact could be developed, not in a subjective or ambiguous way, but based on energy calculations. An index of environmental impact and its methodology, based on quantitative terms that enable to evaluate in a very clear way the harmful effects of industrial operations, such as the phenomenon of contamination of the environment, could be used as a tool in the analysis of sustainability, resource depletion or health effects.

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Weng, Rongxiang, Hao Zhou, Shujian Huang, Lei Li, Yifan Xia, and Jiajun Chen. "Correct-and-Memorize: Learning to Translate from Interactive Revisions." In Twenty-Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-19}. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2019/730.

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State-of-the-art machine translation models are still not on a par with human translators. Previous work takes human interactions into the neural machine translation process to obtain improved results in target languages. However, not all model--translation errors are equal -- some are critical while others are minor. In the meanwhile, same translation mistakes occur repeatedly in similar context. To solve both issues, we propose CAMIT, a novel method for translating in an interactive environment. Our proposed method works with critical revision instructions, therefore allows human to correct arbitrary words in model-translated sentences. In addition, CAMIT learns from and softly memorizes revision actions based on the context, alleviating the issue of repeating mistakes. Experiments in both ideal and real interactive translation settings demonstrate that our proposed CAMIT enhances machine translation results significantly while requires fewer revision instructions from human compared to previous methods.

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Martins-Costa, Maria Laura, and Roge´rio M. Saldanha da Gama. "Simulation of a Pollutant Transport in an Atmosphere With Shock Waves." In ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2003-41220.

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In this work a model for transport phenomena in an environment representing the atmosphere containing a pollutant is presented by considering mass and linear momentum conservation for the air-pollutant mixture as well as the mass balance for the pollutant. The resulting mathematical description consists of a nonlinear system of hyperbolic equations that admits discontinuities in addition to smooth or classical solutions. The Riemann problem associated with a class of problems describing the transport of a pollutant in an ideal gas with constant temperature with a discontinuous mass density distribution as initial condition is discussed. Numerical approximations for this nonlinear system in which the problem is solved subjected to a discontinuous initial condition — a jump, originating, in most cases, shock waves — are obtained by employing Glimm’s method and considered in some numerical simulations.

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Reports on the topic "Ideal work environment"

Hunter, Matthew, Laura Miller, Rachel Smart, Devin Soper, Sarah Stanley, and Camille Thomas. FSU Libraries Office of Digital Research & Scholarship Annual Report: 2020-2021. Florida State University Libraries, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33009/fsu_drsannualreport20-21.

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The Office of Digital Research and Scholarship partners with members of the scholarly community at FSU and beyond to engage with and act on innovative ideas in teaching, research, and creative activity. We privilege marginalized voices and unique contributions to scholarly discourse. We support interdisciplinary inquiry in our shared pursuit of research excellence. We work with scholars to explore and implement new modes of scholarship that emphasize broad impact and access.Our dream is to create an environment where our diverse scholarly community is rewarded for engaging in innovative modes of research and scholarship. We envision a system of research communication that is rooted in open, academy-owned infrastructure, that privileges marginalized voices, and that values all levels and aspects of intellectual labor. In addition to the accomplishments related to our core work areas outlined in this report, we also developed an Anti-Racist Action Plan in 2020 and continue to work on enacting and periodically revising and updating the goals outlined therein.

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Ahmed AlGarf, Yasmine. AUC Venture Lab: Encouraging an entrepreneurial culture to increase youth employment. Oxfam IBIS, August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21201/2021.7888.

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The American University in Cairo Venture Lab (V-Lab) is the first university-based startup accelerator in Egypt. Oxfam’s Youth Participation and Employment (YPE) programme in Egypt partnered with V-Lab to support youth in entrepreneurship and business startups. V-Lab provides dynamic business support to entrepreneurs with innovative and scalable ideas. Its work has brought about change in Egypt’s culture and business environment. In this case study, YPE and V-Lab make useful recommendations on how to strengthen the sustainability and growth of entrepreneurship in Egypt. V-Lab’s other initiatives include connecting graduates with potential investors. The accelerator’s startups have played an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic by helping to create employment opportunities, both directly and indirectly.

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Crispin, Darla. Artistic Research as a Process of Unfolding. Norges Musikkhøgskole, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.503395.

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As artistic research work in various disciplines and national contexts continues to develop, the diversity of approaches to the field becomes ever more apparent. This is to be welcomed, because it keeps alive ideas of plurality and complexity at a particular time in history when the gross oversimplifications and obfuscations of political discourses are compromising the nature of language itself, leading to what several commentators have already called ‘a post-truth’ world. In this brutal environment where ‘information’ is uncoupled from reality and validated only by how loudly and often it is voiced, the artist researcher has a responsibility that goes beyond the confines of our discipline to articulate the truth-content of his or her artistic practice. To do this, they must embrace daring and risk-taking, finding ways of communicating that flow against the current norms. In artistic research, the empathic communication of information and experience – and not merely the ‘verbally empathic’ – is a sign of research transferability, a marker for research content. But this, in some circles, is still a heretical point of view. Research, in its more traditional manifestations mistrusts empathy and individually-incarnated human experience; the researcher, although a sentient being in the world, is expected to behave dispassionately in their professional discourse, and with a distrust for insights that come primarily from instinct. For the construction of empathic systems in which to study and research, our structures still need to change. So, we need to work toward a new world (one that is still not our idea), a world that is symptomatic of what we might like artistic research to be. Risk is one of the elements that helps us to make the conceptual twist that turns subjective, reflexive experience into transpersonal, empathic communication and/or scientifically-viable modes of exchange. It gives us something to work with in engaging with debates because it means that something is at stake. To propose a space where such risks may be taken, I shall revisit Gillian Rose’s metaphor of ‘the fold’ that I analysed in the first Symposium presented by the Arne Nordheim Centre for Artistic Research (NordART) at the Norwegian Academy of Music in November 2015. I shall deepen the exploration of the process of ‘unfolding’, elaborating on my belief in its appropriateness for artistic research work; I shall further suggest that Rose’s metaphor provides a way to bridge some of the gaps of understanding that have already developed between those undertaking artistic research and those working in the more established music disciplines.

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Herbert, Siân. Donor Support to Electoral Cycles. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.043.

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This rapid literature review explains the stages of an election cycle, and how donors provide support to electoral cycles. It draws mainly on policy guidance websites and papers due to the questions of this review and the level of analysis taken (global-level, donor-level). It focuses on publications from the last five years, and/or current/forthcoming donor strategies. The electoral cycle and its stages are well-established policy concepts for which there is widespread acceptance and use. Donor support to electoral cycles (through electoral assistance and electoral observation) is extremely widespread, and the dominant donors in this area are the multilateral organisations like the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU), and also the United States (US). While almost all bilateral donors also carry out some work in this area, “almost all major electoral support programmes are provided jointly with international partners” (DFID, 2014, p.5). Bilateral donors may provide broader support to democratic governance initiatives, which may not be framed as electoral assistance, but may contribute to the wider enabling environment. All of the donors reviewed in this query emphasise that their programmes are designed according to the local context and needs, and thus, beyond the big actors - EU, UN and US, there is little overarching information on what the donors do in this area. While there is a significant literature base in the broad area of electoral support, it tends to be focussed at the country, programme, or thematic, level, rather than at the global, or donor, level taken by this paper. There was a peak in global-level publications on this subject around 2006, the year the electoral cycle model was published by the European Commission, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This review concludes by providing examples of the electoral assistance work carried out by five donors (UN, EU, US, UK and Germany).

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London, Jonathan. Outlier Vietnam and the Problem of Embeddedness: Contributions to the Political Economy of Learning. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2021/062.

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Recent literature on the political economy of education highlights the role of political settlements, political commitments, and features of public governance in shaping education systems’ development and performance around learning. Vietnam’s experiences provide fertile ground for the critique and further development of this literature including, especially, its efforts to understand how features of accountability relations shape education systems’ performance across time and place. Globally, Vietnam is a contemporary outlier in education, having achieved rapid gains in enrolment and strong learning outcomes at relatively low levels of income. This paper proposes that beyond such felicitous conditions as economic growth and social historical and cultural elements that valorize education, Vietnam’s distinctive combination of Leninist political commitments to education and high levels of societal engagement in the education system often works to enhance accountability within the system in ways that contribute to the system’s coherence around learning; reflecting the sense and reality that Vietnam is a country in which education is a first national priority. Importantly, these alleged elements exist alongside other features that significantly undermine the system’s coherence and performance around learning. These include, among others, the system’s incoherent patterns of decentralization, the commercialization and commodification of schooling and learning, and corresponding patterns of systemic inequality. Taken together, these features of education in Vietnam underscore how the coherence of accountability relations that shape learning outcomes are contingent on the manner in which national and local systems are embedded within their broader social environments while also raising intriguing ideas for efforts to understand the conditions under which education systems’ performance with respect to learning can be promoted, supported, and sustained.

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Hall, Mark, and Neil Price. Medieval Scotland: A Future for its Past. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.09.2012.165.

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The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under five key headings. Underpinning all five areas is the recognition that human narratives remain crucial for ensuring the widest access to our shared past. There is no wish to see political and economic narratives abandoned but the need is recognised for there to be an expansion to more social narratives to fully explore the potential of the diverse evidence base. The questions that can be asked are here framed in a national context but they need to be supported and improved a) by the development of regional research frameworks, and b) by an enhanced study of Scotland’s international context through time. 1. From North Britain to the Idea of Scotland: Understanding why, where and how ‘Scotland’ emerges provides a focal point of research. Investigating state formation requires work from Medieval Scotland: a future for its past ii a variety of sources, exploring the relationships between centres of consumption - royal, ecclesiastical and urban - and their hinterlands. Working from site-specific work to regional analysis, researchers can explore how what would become ‘Scotland’ came to be, and whence sprang its inspiration. 2. Lifestyles and Living Spaces: Holistic approaches to exploring medieval settlement should be promoted, combining landscape studies with artefactual, environmental, and documentary work. Understanding the role of individual sites within wider local, regional and national settlement systems should be promoted, and chronological frameworks developed to chart the changing nature of Medieval settlement. 3. Mentalities: The holistic understanding of medieval belief (particularly, but not exclusively, in its early medieval or early historic phase) needs to broaden its contextual understanding with reference to prehistoric or inherited belief systems and frames of reference. Collaborative approaches should draw on international parallels and analogues in pursuit of defining and contrasting local or regional belief systems through integrated studies of portable material culture, monumentality and landscape. 4. Empowerment: Revisiting museum collections and renewing the study of newly retrieved artefacts is vital to a broader understanding of the dynamics of writing within society. Text needs to be seen less as a metaphor and more as a technological and social innovation in material culture which will help the understanding of it as an experienced, imaginatively rich reality of life. In archaeological terms, the study of the relatively neglected cultural areas of sensory perception, memory, learning and play needs to be promoted to enrich the understanding of past social behaviours. 5. Parameters: Multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and cross-sector approaches should be encouraged in order to release the research potential of all sectors of archaeology. Creative solutions should be sought to the challenges of transmitting the importance of archaeological work and conserving the resource for current and future research.

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Gender mainstreaming in local potato seed system in Georgia. International Potato Center, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4160/9789290605645.

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This report presents the study findings associated with the project “Enhancing Rural Livelihoods in Georgia: Introducing Integrated Seed Health Approaches to Local Potato Seed Systems” in Georgia. It also incorporates information from the results of gender training conducted within the framework of the USAID Potato Program in Georgia. The study had three major aims: 1) to understand the gender-related opportunities and constraints impacting the participation of men and women in potato seed systems in Georgia; 2) to test the multistakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber, and banana (RTB) seed systems as a means to understand the systems themselves and the possibilities of improving gender-related interventions in the potato seed system; and 3) to develop farmers’ leadership skills to facilitate women’s active involvement in project activities. Results of the project assessment identified certain constraints on gender mainstreaming in the potato seed system: a low level of female participation in decision-making processes, women’s limited access to finances that would enable their greater involvement in larger scale potato farming, and a low awareness of potato seed systems and of possible female involvement in associated activities. Significantly, the perception of gender roles and stereotypes differs from region to region in Georgia; this difference is quite pronounced in the target municipalities of Kazbegi, Marneuli, and Akhalkalaki, with the last two having populations of ethnic minorities (Azeri and Armenian, respectively). For example, in Marneuli, although women are actively involved in potato production, they are not considered farmers but mainly as assistants to farmers, who are men. This type of diversity (or lack thereof) results in a different understanding of gender mainstreaming in the potato seed system as well. Based on the training results obtained in three target regions—Akhalkalaki, Akhaltsikhe, and Marneuli—it is evident that women are keen on learning new technologies and on acquiring updated agricultural information, including on potato production. It is also clear that women spend as much time as men do on farming activities such as potato production, particularly in weeding and harvesting. However, women are heavily burdened with domestic work, and they are not major decision-makers with regard to potato variety selection, agricultural investments, and product sales, nor with the inclusion of participants in any training provided. Involving women in project activities will lead to greater efficiency in the potato production environment, as women’s increased knowledge will certainly contribute to an improved production process, and their new ideas will help to improve existing production systems, through which women could also gain confidence and power. As a general recommendation, it is extremely important to develop equitable seed systems that take into consideration, among other factors, social context and the cultural aspects of local communities. Thus, understanding male and female farmers’ knowledge may promote the development of seed systems that are sustainable and responsive to farmers’ needs and capacities.

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