314 research outputs found
Land-Use Mapping in a Mixed Urban-Agricultural Arid Landscape Using Object-Based Image Analysis: A Case Study from Maricopa, Arizona
Full text linkLand-use mapping is critical for global change research. In Central Arizona, U.S.A., the spatial distribution of land use is important for sustainable land management decisions. The objective of this study was to create a land-use map that serves as a model for the city of Maricopa, an expanding urban region in the Sun Corridor of Arizona. We use object-based image analysis to map six land-use types from ASTER imagery, and then compare this with two per-pixel classifications. Our results show that a single segmentation, combined with intermediary classifications and merging, morphing, and growing image-objects, can lead to an accurate land-use map that is capable of utilizing both spatial and spectral information. We also employ a moving-window diversity assessment to help with analysis and improve post-classification modifications
Exploring determinants influencing a service-oriented enterprise strategy: An executive management view
No full textDue to the convergence of rapid business developments and digitization challenges firms need to become more agile. A service-oriented enterprise (SOE) strategy is an approach that decomposes an enterprise into business services that are modular, accessible, and interoperable, in which parts can be provided in-house, or outsourced to the market. The SOE concept has mainly been approached from a technological view and little is known about what type of strategic SOE determinants are relevant. A firm’s strategy to implement an SOE requires top management support. Therefore, insights at executive level are a prerequisite to identify strategic business directions. We conducted a literature review and a qualitative case study amongst eleven firms at executive level in various industries. Business services, business processes, and enabling technology were found in the literature as key determinants influencing a firm’s SOE strategy. Subsequently, the interviews at executive level identified that organizational readiness, knowledge and skills, and governance also affect the SOE strategy of firms. We suggest that a holistic view is required to study the complexity of an SOE. By using an executive view we contribute to IS and business literature as strategic SOE determinants become more explicit.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Information and Communication Technolog
Challenges and Opportunities of using Role-players in Medical Education: Medical Educator’s Perspective
No full text© 2024 European Society of Medicine. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Introduction:Roleplaying is getting popular in modern education. Role-players are trained to act specific roles in clinical situations and interact with medical students in the simulation of real-clinical scenarios. Educators used Role-players wisely especially in restricted situation of Covid Era. There are many opportunities in using Role-players such as creating clinical situation, practicing communication skill, cost-effectiveness, saving the time, comfortable learning environment for learners, encouraging studentsto learn. Aim:Current study aims to explore challenges and opportunities in roleplaying in medical education. Method:This is a reflective writing about the role-play in medical education. The authors reflect on their collective experiences with the review of literatures and describe their educational encounters in various aspects of challenges and opportunities of usingrole-players in medical education vividly. All authors have been involved in medical education for at least five years and have used role play to teach undergraduate students. The authors reflect on their role-playing experiences in various phases and modules, such as pre-clinical teaching, clinical case discussion, creative online clinical consultation, and clinical assessment studies. Several identified subject headings were used to group the common experiences, with an emphasis on addressing the challenges and opportunities in advancing the use of role-playing in medical education. The study search engine mage use of key points for its search such as, need for training of role-players, uncertain availability of role-players for certain teaching class and exams, need for specific age of role-players in definite clinical scenarios, some difficulties in recruitment of new role-players, preparation of clinical scenarios, student engagement, further collected information and data are descriptively stated. Conclusion:Modern educators are trying to improve the roleplaying education. By enhancing opportunities to useRole-players in medical education, the soft skills of medical students such as cooperation in teamwork, negotiation and persuasion can be upgraded. These skills are essential skill for medical students to contribute as a health care provider in community.The study summarises the numerous ways to overcome the challenges and highlighted that educators has significance role to make sure student receive all information of their task. This study brings out the value attached to clinical scenarios that are well prepared as a real-world event and suggests that reflection taken from role-players and students to improve future roleplaying class. This study contributes to enhancing emergency preparedness and response working as a part of role-playing education. The educators'effort to improve role-playing education by enhancing opportunities for using role-players in medical education can upgrade the soft skills of medical students, such as cooperation in teamwork, negotiation, and persuasion. These skills are essential for medical students to contribute as health care providers in the community.THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF MEDICINEMedical Research Archives, Volume 12 Issue 8RESEARCH ARTICLEChallenges and Opportunities of using Role-players in Medical Education: Medical Educator’s PerspectiveMon Mon Yee1, Myat Kalayar Nyunt1, Aye Mya Thidar1, Myat Soe Khine2, Chong Yau Ong3, Ong Gim Seong
Does the spatial arrangement of urban landscape matter? Examples of urban warming and cooling in Phoenix and Las Vegas
No full textabstract: This study examines the impact of spatial landscape configuration (e.g., clustered, dispersed) on land-surface temperatures (LST) over Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. We classified detailed land-cover types via object-based image analysis (OBIA) using Geoeye-1 at 3-m resolution (Las Vegas) and QuickBird at 2.4-m resolution (Phoenix). Spatial autocorrelation (local Moran’s I ) was then used to test for spatial dependence and to determine how clustered or dispersed points were arranged. Next, we used Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data acquired over Phoenix (daytime on 10 June and nighttime on 17 October 2011) and Las Vegas (daytime on 6 July and nighttime on 27 August 2005) to examine day- and nighttime LST with regard to the spatial arrangement of anthropogenic and vegetation features. Local Moran’s I values of each land-cover type were spatially correlated to surface temperature. The spatial configuration of grass and trees shows strong negative correlations with LST, implying that clustered vegetation lowers surface temperatures more effectively. In contrast, clustered spatial arrangements of anthropogenic land-cover types, especially impervious surfaces and open soil, elevate LST. These findings suggest that city planners and managers should, where possible, incorporate clustered grass and trees to disperse unmanaged soil and paved surfaces, and fill open unmanaged soil with vegetation. Our findings are in line with national efforts to augment and strengthen green infrastructure, complete streets, parking management, and transit-oriented development practices, and reduce sprawling, unwalkable housing development.Corresponding Author:
Soe Win Myint
Arizona State University
[email protected]
Bisnis home industri Soe Ba Corp dalam perspektif mazhab Syafi’i: Studi di Kecamatan Pakisaji Kabupaten Malang
Full text linkINDONESIA:
Saat ini banyak usaha rumahan yang berdiri untuk mendapatkan keuntungan pribadi maupun bersama, salah satunya adalah Home Industri. Dari segi hukum dan landasan bagaimana Home Industri itu berjalan, agama dan kebiasaan masyarakat setempat mempunyai pengaruh. Banyak masyarakat yang mayoritas beragama Islam ingin memiliki usaha yang berlandaskan ajaran agama Islam. Dari penjelasan tersebut penulis ingin meneliti tentang Bisnis Home Industri Soe Ha Corp Dalam Perspektif Mazhab Syafi‟i di lingkungan mayoritas masyarakat beragama Islam.
Penelitian ini membahas mengenai praktek bisnis home industri Soe Ha Corp dalam perspektif mazgab Syafi‟i. Dengan rumusan masalah, yaitu: pertama
bagaimana praktek usaha Home Industri Soe Ha Corp di Kecamatan Pakisaji, Kabupaten Malang, kedua bagaimana praktek usaha bisnis Home Industri Soe Ha Corp dalam perspektif mazhab Syafi‟i di Kecamatan Pakisaji, Kabupaten Malang.
Penelitian ini adalah penelitian empiris dengan menggunakan pendekatan yuridis sosiologis. Dalam mengumpulkan data, penulis menggunakan metode wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi kepada karyawan Home Industri Soe Ha Corp. Untuk pengolahan data penulis menggunakan metode edit, klarifikasi, verifikasi, analisis, dan kesimpulan.
Hasil penelitian ini adalah; pertama praktek usaha bisnis home industri Soe Ha Corp adalah suatu usaha bisnis home industri dengan mekanisme korporasi
yang memproduksi berbagai macam jenis rak dan menjualnya secara langsung dan secara online, kedua dalam perspektif mazhab syafi‟i dalam hal penjualan
menggunakan akad jual beli dan jual beli salam, dan akad yang digunakan dalam kerjasama antara pemilik modal/pemilik usaha dan pekerja/tenaga ahli menggunakan akad ijarah bil amal. Dari keseluruhan apa yang dijalankan Home Industri Soe Ha Corp mengenai rukun shigat, syarat yang berkaitan dengan batasan waktu secara keseluruhan atas suatu manfaat tenaga/jasa masih belum ada dalam isi perjanjian hingga menimbulkan ketidak jelasan berakhirnya akad ijarah yang ada di home industi Soe Ha Corp.
ENGLISH:
Today many home-based businesses are standing for personal and collective profit, one of it is Home Industry with a corporate mechanism. From the perspective of law and the foundation of how the Home Industry is running, the religion and customs of the local community have an influence. Many Muslim-majority societies want to have a business based on Islamic laws. From the explanation the author wants to examine the implementation of Sharia Principles to the Home Business Soe Ha Corp in the environment with the majority of the Muslim community.
This study discusses Home Industry Business In Perspective Fiqh Muamalah Syafi'i, by using : how the practice of Home industry business Soe Ha Corp, secondly how the practice of Home industry business Soe Ha Corp in the perspective of fiqh muamalah Syafi'i.
This research is empirical research using sociological juridical approach. In collecting the data, the researcher uses interview, observation and documentation method to the employees of Home Industry Soe Ha Corp. For data processing the researcher uses the method of edit stage, clarification, verification, analysis, and conclusion.
The results of this study are; first business practice home industry Soe Ha Corp is a home industry business with corporate mechanisms that produce various types of shelves and sell them directly and online, both in the perspective of fiqh muamalah syafi'i in terms of sales using contracts of sale and purchase and sale buy salam, and contracts used in cooperation between owners of capital / business owners and workers / experts using ijarah bil charity contract. From the whole of what Soe Ha Corp's Home Industry is doing about the shigat system, the requirements related to the overall time limit on a labor / service benefit are still not in the contents of the agreement, causing the unfinished expiration of the existing ijara contract in Soe Ha Corp's home industry
Conceptual design of pre-treatment units for co-electrolysis of CO₂ and water
No full textReaching our climate goals will require urgent advancements in the development of fossil-free technologies. Solid-oxide electrolysis (SOE) at high-temperature is a promising candidate for combining CO₂ utilization and renewable electricity use. Explorative techno-economic analyses are being performed to understand the full plant design requirements for integrated SOE systems. However, there is still a lack of understanding of the potential impact that the pre-treatment of CO₂ will have on the overall design and economics of a SOE-based system. To address this knowledge gap, as a first step, the process model of the pre-treatment units needed to purify CO₂ from a bioethanol plant is developed in Aspen Plus in the current work. Based on the preliminary results of this paper, the equipment costs mainly stem from the units related to the removal of sulfur (~65%) and alcohols (~32%). The energy costs are almost entirely related to the cryogenic distillation step required for the removal of non-condensable gases (~96%).Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Energy and Industr
Critical Review of the Implementation of the Making of SOE as a Holding from Anti-Monopoly and Unfair Business Competition Perspective
Full text linkThis study aims to analyze the potential for SOE holdings to violate Law 5/1999. This study was conducted using a normative juridical method because the study was based on library research to obtain secondary data, sourced from primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials. The specification of the research was descriptive-analytical because the author described the holding of SOE and then analyzed it to see if it has the potential to cause a violation of Law 5/1999. Data analysis using a qualitative juridical method. The results of the study indicated that the process of establishing an SOE holding based on Government Regulation Number 72 of 2016, so far has not been proven to have violated Law 5/1999. However, even though Article 33 of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and Article 51 of Law 5/1999 intend SOE to be able to carry out a monopoly, the establishment of an SOE holding should still be able to guarantee the rights of the public to continue to do business in a healthy manner. The government needs to immediately stipulate regulations regarding governance in holding companies to maintain a competitive, healthy, and non-monopolistic business climate
‘The painful aftermath’: reactions to the publication of SOE in France
Full text linkThis article considers the aftermath of the publication of SOE in France. A groundbreaking official account of a secret wartime organisation, publication was followed by complaints and legal action. It examines how Whitehall responded to the negative fallout, and the tensions with the author, Professor MRD Foot, as officials refused to accept responsibility for the lack of personal testimony in the work, and prioritised settling legal cases and the avoidance of any further legal action as changes to the text were made for a revised first edition. The article also reflects upon whether the experience had any impact upon subsequent intelligence-related official histories
Taking ownership: The story of a successful partnership for change in a Pacific Island science teacher education setting.
Full text linkThis paper explores an example of a partnership approach that appears to be producing sustainable change in a Pacific Islands education setting. The people involved report on the way science education staff from the Solomon Islands School of Education (SOE) and staff from the Faculty of Education University of Waikato (UOW), New Zealand worked together on the redevelopment of undergraduate science education courses for the SOE. Together we sought to identify significant factors supporting the process. The development required significant change and posed a number of challenges yet resulted in local staff producing high quality materials and programmes and taking ownership of ongoing development. More importantly, there was significant personal professional learning in both science education and initial teacher education for local Solomon Islands staff. Factors contributing to the success of the partnership are explored through the perceptions of the participants and include the quality of relationship, mutual respect, emphasis on conceptual agreement when working together, and the involvement of local staff in decision-making
Service delivery review: a how to manual for local government
Full text linkThis resource aims to assist councils assess the services they provide for local communities.
Service Delivery Review: A How to Manual for Local Government brings together advice, toolkits and templates to help councils regardless of size with this critical task.
The centrepiece of the Manual is a \u27framework for a service delivery review.\u27
The Manual meets an increasing need from within the sector for practical guidance in undertaking service delivery reviews that are consistent with current local governance practice and processes.
"This is a significant issue for local councils," said ACELG Director, Associate Professor Roberta Ryan and the Manual\u27s co-author: "Local government service provision has transformed significantly over recent decades, as well, community expectations of local government have increased while other levels of government have devolved various functions."
The Manual is intended for council staff such as department managers, elected members, CEOs and general managers, community engagement staff, and builds upon ACELG research Service Delivery Reviews in Australian Local Government (2012) and discussions from the short course \u27Enhancing Local Government Service Delivery\u27 run by the UTS Centre for Local Government (UTS:CLG).
Dr Tim Robinson, Director of Sector Engagement and Teaching with UTS:CLG, and second co-author said that the Manual was written with a certain amount of \u27future proofin\u27 in mind, and that "ocal government service delivery reviews are mandatory in a few jurisdictions or are driven by local or sector reform processes.
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