41 research outputs found
Design and development of a digital Card Sort tool for Maprova ApS
No full textThis report investigates how the planning tool Enterprise, part of Maprova’s BACKOFFICE system, can be optimized and scaled to better support various types of manufacturing companies with differing levels of complexity. Based on a qualitative study of existing users and workflows, observations were conducted at the company BM, and a card sorting exercise was carried out with participants from five different manufacturing companies. The aim was to gain insights into the system’s information architecture and user needs across different business types.From the observations, a heuristic evaluation, and requirements from both current and potential customers, a design guideline was developed. Additionally, relevant ISO standards were incorporated to improve usability and ensure a more structured design process.The study identifies four functional areas that were broadly agreed upon by participants in the card sort. However, it also concludes that the limited number of participants and Maprova’s still-small customer base constrain how scalable the solution can currently be. Nevertheless, the resulting design principles and recommendations provide a solid foundation for the continued development of Enterprise, supporting Maprova’s goal of creating a more standardized and flexible system
Retsforbehold eller Tilvalgsordning - Policy eller Pres?: Legal reservation or Flexible Opt-In Approach - Policy or Pressure?
No full textThis project examines the underlying factors, which has led to the calling for election concerning the Danish legal reservation. This study examines whether the call for election is caused by the policy-preference influences of a Danish perspective or if it is rather by an increase in a Europeanisation making Denmark take a smaller part of the European cooperation as a consequence of the legal reservation. To answer our question above comprehensively, four theories are presented in the project. These are as follows: Politics Matter, Median voter theorem, a Veto player theory and theory of Europeanisation .The theories are used as analytical instruments both independently and also in connection with each other. As a basis of approach, we use document analysis to connect the two philosophical theories: positivism and critical realism. These philosophical theories are realized in our four policy theories from above in the analysis and reflection of the methodic choices. The document analysis gives not only a comprehensive description of how the documents for the analysis have been chosen, but also the importance of these. Our analysis shows that the call for the referendum was caused by a combination of policy preference and an increase in Europeanisation. The Danish politicians had had a referendum call on the agenda for a while so when the call was (possibly) forced upon them by a handful of decisions made in the EU, it did not conflict with their policy preferences.This project examines the underlying factors, which has led to the calling for election concerning the Danish legal reservation. This study examines whether the call for election is caused by the policy-preference influences of a Danish perspective or if it is rather by an increase in a Europeanisation making Denmark take a smaller part of the European cooperation as a consequence of the legal reservation. To answer our question above comprehensively, four theories are presented in the project. These are as follows: Politics Matter, Median voter theorem, a Veto player theory and theory of Europeanisation .The theories are used as analytical instruments both independently and also in connection with each other. As a basis of approach, we use document analysis to connect the two philosophical theories: positivism and critical realism. These philosophical theories are realized in our four policy theories from above in the analysis and reflection of the methodic choices. The document analysis gives not only a comprehensive description of how the documents for the analysis have been chosen, but also the importance of these. Our analysis shows that the call for the referendum was caused by a combination of policy preference and an increase in Europeanisation. The Danish politicians had had a referendum call on the agenda for a while so when the call was (possibly) forced upon them by a handful of decisions made in the EU, it did not conflict with their policy preferences
Political support in Northern and Southern Europe
No full textWith an ever-changing political landscape on the international level - different streams and trends within politics evolve over time. And in 2025 the west doesn’t seem as united as they’ve been since the WW2, and Europe finds itself in a position where the nations within needs to find common ground and work together as a unity to overcome the political pressure from the rest of world. Many studies has been conducted on democratic support through the years, but we would like to take the temperature ones again, and see how it has evolved over the recent years. How can the political support in Europe between 2006-2020 be explained, and what differences are to be found between Northern Europe and Southern Europe, where culture and traditions are different. This will be explained through the theoretical approach of David Easton, where political support is divided into two separate forms of support for democracy: Diffuse- and specific support. The study has been made mainly through the use of quantitative methods, where data from the European Social Survey and other internationally acknowledged databanks has been processed and analyzed through fixed-effects analysis and OLS-regression analysis. This with the purpose of finding correlation between different variables such as corruptions indexes, GDP’s etc., and the political support within Europe and furthermore two the isolated regions for deeper understanding: Northern- and Southern Europe. The project is motivated by the great literature within the science of democratic support, which though a minor meta-study of knowledge-gathering within the field has formed a basis for our study. The results shows that the political support in Europe as a whole is highly motivated by economic performance, but the regional differences are clear. Northern Europes political support are not affected by the economic situation, while it is in Southern Europe. And while the citizens of Northern Europe manage to separate diffuse support from the specific support to democracy, we find that those lines are not as clear in south Europe, since the lines between the two types of support here seems more blurred.With an ever-changing political landscape on the international level - different streams and trends within politics evolve over time. And in 2025 the west doesn’t seem as united as they’ve been since the WW2, and Europe finds itself in a position where the nations within needs to find common ground and work together as a unity to overcome the political pressure from the rest of world. Many studies has been conducted on democratic support through the years, but we would like to take the temperature ones again, and see how it has evolved over the recent years. How can the political support in Europe between 2006-2020 be explained, and what differences are to be found between Northern Europe and Southern Europe, where culture and traditions are different. This will be explained through the theoretical approach of David Easton, where political support is divided into two separate forms of support for democracy: Diffuse- and specific support. The study has been made mainly through the use of quantitative methods, where data from the European Social Survey and other internationally acknowledged databanks has been processed and analyzed through fixed-effects analysis and OLS-regression analysis. This with the purpose of finding correlation between different variables such as corruptions indexes, GDP’s etc., and the political support within Europe and furthermore two the isolated regions for deeper understanding: Northern- and Southern Europe. The project is motivated by the great literature within the science of democratic support, which though a minor meta-study of knowledge-gathering within the field has formed a basis for our study. The results shows that the political support in Europe as a whole is highly motivated by economic performance, but the regional differences are clear. Northern Europes political support are not affected by the economic situation, while it is in Southern Europe. And while the citizens of Northern Europe manage to separate diffuse support from the specific support to democracy, we find that those lines are not as clear in south Europe, since the lines between the two types of support here seems more blurred.<br/
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Health care costs, work productivity and activity impairment in non-malignant chronic pain patients
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A preliminary investigation of welfare migration induced by time limits
No full textStudies on welfare programs in the United States have identified three types of welfare migration (employment, benefit, and amenity-related). This paper introduces a fourth type of migration induced by welfare time limits. After a welfare-dependent family runs out of benefits, it is possible for them to reset the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families time clock by crossing state lines to extend their benefits. Our theoretical results suggest that the likelihood of migration increases if the migration distance is small or the gain from the move is large. We hypothesize that, ceteris paribus, families migrating in order to extend their benefits will minimize the distance they migrate, and will be likely to move into the nearest state, especially into counties just across the state border. We utilize macro data at the county level to look for evidence of time-limit induced migration. Estimates indicate that time limits may be associated with an increase in welfare migration.welfare reform; migration
Implementing Climate Change Adaptation for European Road Administrations
No full textAbstractInternational cooperation between national road owners can aid structuring and implementing climate change adaptation strategies throughout the European network. Climate change adaptation on roads can be defined as the concrete measures implemented to reduce vulnerability to more extreme weather phenomena in the future in order to increase resilience and robustness for continuous road safety and mobility. As evident in multiple scientific papers and authorities, such as the IPCC, climate change adaptation is gaining more general interest and political focus since actions of mitigation to climate change no longer seem to singlehandedly provide sufficient effect to future sustainable transportation on roads.As with actions related to mitigating climate change, allocating resources to climate change adaptation and successfully anchoring this subject in an organization, e.g. a national road authority (NRA), can be a highly demanding task which oftentimes can be overwhelming in its nature. Implementation of climate change R&D projects, alone, is a topic where interdisciplinary approaches are of high request, regularly resulting in time-consuming processes with many potential pitfalls, politically and technically.Therefore, the CEDR I4 group on mitigation and adapting to climate change has decided to have the following three topics as a combined objective to generate an outcome which will act as a template for organizations, e.g. NRAs, to initiate, develop, and/or complete climate change adaptation measures:•Strategy and action plan•Awareness•Risk methodology approachThe strategy template will focus on managing, improving, preventing and cooperation, and will provide specific examples on areas to study. These include examples of information to road users, incident management, implementation through planning phases, tools for risk analyses, legislative work, research and information sharing and many others. Likewise, a template for an action plan is provided, giving examples on how to ensure responsibility and anchor climate change adaptation in the organization in order to actually direct the organization towards a more climate-resilient profile. The organizational awareness of climate change adaptation in an interdisciplinary context is considered undeniably crucial in this regard, since this will form the basis on how to act and prioritize resources. Examples of known methodologies of climate change adaptation will be highlighted to act as inspirational examples. As an example, such methodologies include risk mapping, e.g. the Blue Spot model or the Quick Scan approach
Developing compassionate schools and trauma-informed school-based services: an expanded needs assessment and preliminary pilot study
No full textCurrent research developments have focused on the importance of combining two critical factors, compassion and self-regulation, into trauma-informed care in schools; however, many school-based approaches lack comprehensive or universal application of both constructs. Derived from materials developed through the “Compassionate School Initiative” spearheaded by Hertel and colleagues (2009), the current expanded needs assessment was conducted with the school’s leadership team, 18 K-8 teachers, and 18 fifth grade students who participated in workshops and/or consultations in an elementary school in a large northeastern city. The current exploratory study assessed teachers’ perceptions of trauma-related factors, including the nature and impact of trauma reactions in classrooms; teachers’ responses to trauma reactions; student awareness of trauma-related reactions; perceptions of compassion and self-regulation; readiness and “buy-in” for the current approach; and a general review of schoolwide needs. Data analyses included descriptive quantitative summaries of the needs assessment that were categorized to include preexisting and learned knowledge, skills, and attitudes; and qualitative themes from all sources of data emerged. Overall, teachers and students reported utility and applicability of the approach, conveyed interest in future domain-oriented training, and identified needs, such as changes in school policies and curriculum, to improve compassion and self-regulation in classrooms. A majority of teachers and of students reported an increase in awareness of the impact of trauma, compassion, and regulation and an increase in relationship-building skills, respectively, as a result of workshop completion. Half of the teacher sample indicated desire to participate in subsequent consultation sessions and/or in-class student instruction. As reported during the consultation process, teachers used a variety of compassion, behavior management, and discipline strategies that ranged in level of perceived effectiveness. Limitations of the current study included restricted access to a larger sample and restricted available time with the existing sample, which resulted in constraints on program design, methodology, and data analysis. Directions for future research include further assessment of school readiness for change, cultivation of buy-in for a trauma-sensitive schoolwide infrastructure, and development and implementation of trauma-informed curricula in schools using the proposed two factor (compassion and self-regulation) approach.Psy.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Kristen T. Axelse
