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Putting Lean HR into practice: Shifting the focus from cost reduction to operational excellence
No full textThe HR function is increasingly driven by effectiveness, efficiency and performance. This means taking a structured approach to HR operational excellence and applying business metrics and methodologies. Nicholas J. Higgins, dean of the International School of Human Capital Management, explains how the concept of Lean HR can bring clarity to the cost‐value relationship.</jats:p
Three sketches of the life of Nelson Higgins
No full textTypescripts of three short sketches of Captain Nelson Higgins: "Biography of Capt. Nelson Higgins" by grandson Foy Lewis Higgins (2 pages); "Life of Nelson Higgins" by Ella Peason Chavis (4 pages); and "Captain Higgins" (author uncertain, 1 page)Foy Lewis Higgins, Biography of Captain Nelson Higgins and Ella Peason Chavis, Life of Nelson Higgin
Higgins
No full textEste documento detalla el proceso de investigación y creación llevado a cabo para el proyecto Higgins, una novela gráfica de autoría original que examina de manera crítica la relación entre los migrantes latinoamericanos y el sueño americano. A través de una narrativa ambientada en una historia alternativa, Higgins ilustra las tensiones sociales, económicas y culturales que caracterizan la experiencia migrante,
poniendo de manifiesto las contradicciones estructurales de la sociedad estadounidense y el papel subordinado que desempeñan los trabajadores latinos en ella.
Aunque la novela gráfica no se completó en su totalidad, este documento compila de manera exhaustiva el proceso de ideación, desarrollo narrativo y construcción visual del universo ficticio, así como de sus personajes y entornos.
Se propone una reflexión crítica, estética y simbólica sobre la identidad, la otredad y los imaginarios de progreso.This document details the research and creative process behind Higgins, an original graphic novel that critically examines the relationship between Latin American migrants and the American Dream.
Through a narrative set in an alternate history, Higgins illustrates the social, economic, and cultural tensions that define the migrant experience, highlighting the structural contradictions of American society and the subordinate role that Latin workers play within .
Although the graphic novel was not completed in its entirety, this document thoroughly compiles the process of ideation, narrative development, and visual construction of the fictional universe, as well as its characters and settings. It offers a critical, aesthetic, and symbolic reflection on identity, otherness, and the imaginaries of progress.Pregrad
EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing: a NICE medical technology guidance
No full textOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.A routine part of the process for developing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) medical technologies guidance is a submission of clinical and economic evidence by the technology manufacturer. The Birmingham and Brunel Consortium External Assessment Centre (EAC; a consortium of the University of Birmingham and Brunel University) independently appraised the submission on the EXOGEN bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing. This article is an overview of the original evidence submitted, the EAC’s findings, and the final NICE guidance issued.The Birmingham and Brunel Consortium is funded by NICE to act as an External Assessment Centre for the Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme
The importance of degree versus type of maltreatment: a cluster analysis of child abuse types
No full textThe author conducted secondary data analysis of 3 previously reported studies (D. J. Higgins & M. P McCabe, 1998, 20(K)b, 2(X)3) to examine whether respondents are best classified according to their experience of separate maltreatment types (sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect, and witnessing family violence) or whether their experience reflects a single unifying concept: child maltreatment.<br
Renaudarctus psammocryptus Kristensen & Higgins 1984
No full text145. Renaudarctus psammocryptus Kristensen & Higgins, 1984 b Renaudarctus psammocryptus n. sp. (Kristensen & Higgins 1984 b) Terra typica: Atlantic Ocean (USA, North America) Atlantic Ocean: • 27 °30.0 ′ N, 80 °17.0′ W / 27 ° 30 ′N, 80 ° 17 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] Type Locality: USA, Florida State, St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce, Pepper State Park Beach [Pepper Beach State Recreation Area], high-energy beach, 2 m above mean low-water level, 70–100 cm deep, coarse quartz sand and shell hash. Kristensen & Higgins (1984 b) • 26 °21.0 ′ N, 80 °04.0′ W / 26 ° 21 ′N, 80 °04′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] USA, Florida State, Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, Red Reef Park Beach, high-energy beach, coarse quartz sand and shell hash. Kristensen & Higgins (1984 b) • 16 ° 20 ′N, 61 °05′ 9 W [16 ° 20 ′N, 61 °05′W]; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] Guadeloupe Islands, La Désirade Island, Anse Petite Rivière, intertidal, 35–65 cm deep in sand, coarse sand (mean diameter 0.2–0.52 mm). Renaud- Mornant (1984 b) Caribbean Sea: • 16 ° 21 ′N, 61 ° 35 ′W; 0 m bsl: [FAO 31] Guadeloupe Islands, Grand-Cul-de-Sac Marin Bay, Fajou Island, intertidal, 35–65 cm deep in sand, coral sand (mean diameter 0.2–0.52 mm). Renaud-Mornant (1984 b) • 14 ° 27 ′ 5 N, 60 ° 54 ′ 9 W [14 ° 28 ′N, 60 ° 55 ′W]; 0 m asl: [FAO 31] Martinique Island, Anse Figuiers, intertidal, 35– 65 cm deep in sand, fine coral sand (mean diameter 0.2–0.52 mm). Renaud-Mornant (1984 b) Indian Ocean: • 04° 22 ′S, 55 ° 50 ′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO 51] Republic of Seychelles, La Digue Island, Anse la Source à Jean [Anse Source d’Argent], medium sand. Gallo et al. (2007) Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Atlantic Ocean: 3, Caribbean Sea: 2, Ionian Sea: 1; total: 6. Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO 31: 5, FAO 51: 1; total: 6. Remarks: This species is known from a few localities in Florida (USA) and along the Antilles islands chain in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and from the Indian Ocean. However, the localities reported by Renaud- Mornant (1984 b) are unclear, as the author stated that this species accompanied Parastygarctus sterreri, but no details were provided for the samples. Our interpretation of this record may be incorrect and its distribution in the Caribbean may be slightly smaller. It is an intertidal and interstitial species collected from 30–100 cm deep in sand.Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Bartels, Paul J., Roszkowska, Milena & Nelson, Diane R., 2015, The Zoogeography of Marine Tardigrada, pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 4037 (1) on pages 129-130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4037.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/23351
Robert C. S. Monks, 37, is a member of the investment group seeking to purchase
No full textRobert C. S. Monks, 37, is a member of the investment group seeking to purchase Citibank (Maine), a six-branch operation. Besides Monks, the group includes his father, Robert A. G. Monks; cousins John P. M. Higgins and Nicholas H. S. Higgins; Weston Bonney; Lyndel J. Wishcamper; and Robert Holmes
HOW DIFFERENT ARE {\it ORTHO} AND {\it PARA} HYDROGEN? A COMPUTATIONAL EXAMINATION OF POTENTIALS, BOUND STATES, AND SCATTERING OF HYDROGEN COMPLEXES
No full textZ. Yu, et al.M. Ishiguro, et al.M. Mengel, D.C. Flatin, and F. C. De Lucia, J. Chem. Phys. 112K.J. Higgins, Z. Yu, and W. Klemperer, 62nd International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (2007).Author Institution: Spectral Sciences, Inc., Burlington, MA 01803; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138The interaction between molecular hydrogen and other molecules is studied through {\it ab initio} calculations with a focus on differences in behavior between {\it ortho} and {\it para} hydrogen. These differences manifest themselves in various ways, including in the rotational spectra of complexes}, J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 127}, 054305 (2007).}}, J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 115}, 5155 (2001).} and in pressure broadening cross sections.}, 4069 (2000).} Two specific systems, H-HCN and H-OCS, will be examined. For H-HCN, a new 4-D potential surface will be presented along with bound state and scattering calculations, while for H-OCS new calculations utilizing a previously presented potential} will be discussed. These two systems display markedly different ground state geometries that lead to different behavior of the {\it ortho} and {\it para} hydrogen complexes. In addition to the specific systems a more general discussion will examine the effect of potential anisotropy and ground state geometry on the properties of hydrogen complexes and how the differences between {\it ortho} and {\it para} interactions can be used
Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data - an inverse perspective
No full textDynamic vegetation models provide process-based explanations of the dynamics and the distribution of plant ecosystems. They offer significant advantages over static, correlative modelling approaches, particularly for ecosystems that are outside their equilibrium due to global change or climate change. A persistent problem, however, is their parameterization. Parameters and processes of dynamic vegetation models (DVMs) are traditionally determined independently of the model, while model outputs are compared to empirical data for validation and informal model comparison only. But field data for such independent estimates of parameters and processes are often difficult to obtain, and the desire to include better descriptions of processes such as biotic interactions, dispersal, phenotypic plasticity and evolution in future vegetation models aggravates limitations related to the current parameterization paradigm. In this paper, we discuss the use of Bayesian methods to bridge this gap. We explain how Bayesian methods allow direct estimates of parameters and processes, encoded in prior distributions, to be combined with inverse estimates, encoded in likelihood functions. The combination of direct and inverse estimation of parameters and processes allows a much wider range of vegetation data to be used simultaneously, including vegetation inventories, species traits, species distributions, remote sensing, eddy flux measurements and palaeorecords. The possible reduction of uncertainty regarding structure, parameters and predictions of DVMs may not only foster scientific progress, but will also increase the relevance of these models for policy advice
Measuring work stress among correctional staff: A Rasch measurement approach
No full textToday, the amount of stress the correctional staff endures at work is an important issue. Research has addressed this issue, but has yielded no consensus as to a properly calibrated measure of perceptions of work stress for correctional staff. Using data from a non-random
sample of correctional staff (n=228), the Rasch model was used to assess whether a specific measure of work stress would fit the model. Results suggest that three items accurately represented correctional staff perceptions of work stress.Journal ArticlePre-publicatio
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