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Unfolding the role of marketplace resources
No full textThe narrative perspective has discussed the role of entrepreneurs as mindful actors who contextualise innovation through their relational, temporal, and performative efforts. Although the agency of material elements is recognised in the narrative perspective, the materials’ role is reduced to be controlled and mobilised by entrepreneurs with some existing possibilities of showing resistance. This reductionist approach toward materials has restricted our understanding of the ways materials actively impose their agency, form narratives, and contextualise innovations along with entrepreneurs. This study adopts ANT (Actor-Network Theory) as a lens and explores the role of materials in entrepreneurship process. Specifically, it explores how materials (non-human actors) interact with entrepreneurs, impose their agency, challenge the efforts of entrepreneurs in contextualising innovation, and in turn shape the emerging entrepreneurial narratives
How to improve business process performance using process mining
No full textDue to the increased use of information systems by organisations to support process execution, detailed information on the implementation of business processes is being recorded. This fact enables using process mining projects as a powerful tool for improving performance. Process Mining is a relative young research discipline that sits between data science on the one hand and process modelling and analysis on the other hand. Process mining allows gaining knowledge of the organization’s actual business processes by extracting data from existing information systems mediums such as event logs, transaction logs etc. The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate how a process for conducting process mining projects was designed, developed and applied in some organisational units. The process was implemented through nine research steps, inspired by the V-model, where elements on the right-hand side aim to answer questions presented in steps on the left-hand side. In the first two steps, the research problem and the research objectives were defined. A literature review was performed in step 3. In the fourth step, requirements for the process were identified and implemented. In step 5, a running example was carried out to test the process. Verification and validation of the process were performed in step 6 and step 7. Step 8 covered the discussion of results. The last step concludes the research, including checking if the research problem was solved. Organisations seeking for performance improvement can now benefit of a process that explicitly states which process mining tools, techniques and algorithms to be used in process mining projects
Practical Semitones (Unbounded Remix)
No full textJeremy Mayall reworks the track Semitone Shift in Practice by Shannon Novak. This formed part of the installation Open in Shannon Novak’s exhibition Unbounded at RAMP Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand in 2018
Project ViTAL ViTAL (Vitality Through Active Living) Fijian project
Get PDFPhysical inactivity, along with other lifestyle-related health risk factors such as an unhealthy diet, is becoming increasingly prevalent in developing countries which face rapid economic and social development, urbanization and industrialization. The importance of physical activity as a means of NCD prevention and control is recognized in developing countries, as well as the need for suitable programmes, policies and guidelines. However, the evidence on implementing physical activity interventions in a developing country context is sparse. It is evident from research findings that encouraging participation in health-enhancing physical activity is a public health issue of urgent concern. A healthy revitalised community is one that is concerned about the well-being of the community, protection of the environment and investing into future generations. Research stresses that physical activity interventions carried out in developing countries include strategies to:
• raise awareness of the importance and benefits of physical activity among the community,
• educate the whole population and/or specific community groups,
• conduct local physical activity programmes and initiatives;
• build capacity among individuals implementing local physical activity programmes through training of potential programme coordinators; and
• create supportive environments that facilitate participation in physical activity
GPS analysis of a team competing at a national Under 18 field hockey tournament
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to utilise global-positioning system (GPS) technology to quantify the running demands of national Under 18 field hockey players competing in a regional field hockey tournament. Ten male players (mean ± SD; age 17.2 ± 0.4 years; stature 178.1 ± 5.2 cm; body mass 78.8 ± 8.8 kg) wore GPS units while competing in six matches over seven days at the 2018 New Zealand national under 18 field hockey tournament. GPS enabled the measurement of total distance (TD), low-speed activity (LSA; 0 -14.9 km/hr), and high-speed running (HSR; ≥ 15 km/hr) distances. Differences in running demands (TD, LSA, HSR) between positions were assessed using effect size and percent difference ± 90% confidence intervals. Midfielders covered the most TD and LSA per game and strikers the most HSR during the 6 matches. There were “very large” differences between strikers and midfielders for TD and LSA, strikers and defenders for LSA and HSR, and defenders and midfielders for LSA. These results suggest that these playing positions are sufficiently different to warrant specialised position-specific conditioning training leading into a field hockey tournament
Using Lt in five Bachelor of Nursing Cohorts: How's it going so far?
Get PDFFrom 2017, our approach to teaching health science to students in semester two of a Bachelor of Nursing degree was transformed using Lt – an online learning platform. Lt allowed us to author lessons where content was frequently broken up by questions and activities. These activities asked students to discuss, test, apply and reflect on their understanding. Prior to this, teaching was traditional, involving a weekly lecture, a laboratory class and homework. In 2018, most theory, laboratory and lectorial content was presented in Lt. Students were instructed to study lessons in Lt, before participating in a laboratory class, followed by a lectorial (an interactive tutorial). Student feedback to the change in module structure was polarised, but more positive than negative. The six cohorts from 2016-2018, had 100 – 150 students each. Student understanding was assessed using 45 and 60 question multiple choice tests and a short answer test. The format and content of these tests were similar across all cohorts. Our changed teaching approach had the greatest impact on short answer test marks. In this assessment the pass rate increased from 49% to 79% and the mean short answer mark increased from 50% to 61%. The overall module pass rate increased steadily from 75% to 86% over six consecutive semesters. The mean module mark also increased from 54% to 63%. This presentation discusses the contribution of our transformed approach to teaching to these improved assessment outcomes
A nurse's story of family caregiving
No full textCultural safety is one of the aspects of nursing practice reflected in the Nursing Council's competencies for nurses. Recognising the powerlessness of the patients and the cultural differences in health practice could help nurses create a friendly environment to patients and their family members
Innovation in Gerontology nursing
Get PDFA review of innovation in gerontology nursing in New Zealand. A review of recent innovation to support older people in New Zealand from a health perspective
The effects of strength training on muscle wasting, fat mass and quality of life in men with Prostate Cancer undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy: a meta-analysis.
Get PDF• In 2013, the probability of a man developing prostate
cancer (PCa) was 1 in 6, sitting on top of the charts as
the single most common area for men to develop
cancer [4].
• The most common form of treatment in New Zealand
is a funded prescription medicine called Zoladex
(Goserelin), an anti androgen medication that reduces
the production of testosterone that can fuel the growth
of the cancer.
• Suppression of testosterone production can be related
with considerable side effects including muscle atrophy
(sarcopenia/wasting), changes in weight (typically an
increase in weight from oestrogen levels dominating in
the body due to the lack of testosterone production).
• Physical activity focussing on strength training in
particular has been proposed as a favourable strategy
to reverse the side effects of Androgen deprivation
therapy (ADT), especially that of muscle wasting and
changes in body composition