Understanding Factors Influencing Overheating: The UK’s First Large-Scale Domestic Passivhaus Retrofit

2020 ◽  
pp. 393-410
Author(s):  
Dean Myers ◽  
Christopher Gorse ◽  
David Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Analysis of Factors Influencing Effective Utilization Coefficient of Irrigation Water in the Manas River Basin

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Lili Yang ◽  
Tong Heng ◽  
Guang Yang ◽  
Xinchen Gu ◽  
Jiaxin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Grey Model ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Effective Utilization ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Utilization Coefficient ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Effective Use

The factors influencing the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water are not understood well. It is usually considered that this coefficient is lower in areas with large-scale irrigation. With this background, we analyzed the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water using the analytic hierarchy process using data from 2014 to 2019 in Shihezi City, Xinjiang. The weights of the influencing factors on the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water in different irrigation areas were analyzed. Predictions of the coefficient’s values for different years were made by understanding the trends based on the grey model. The results show that the scale of the irrigation area is not the only factor determining the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water. Irrigation technology, organizational integrity, crop types, water price management, local economic level, and channel seepage prevention are the most critical factors affecting the effective use of irrigation water. The grey model prediction results show that the effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water will continuously increase and reach 0.7204 in 2029. This research can serve as a reference for government authorities to make scientific decisions on water-saving projects in irrigation districts in terms of management, operation, and investment.

scholarly journals Factors influencing maternal nutrition practices in a large scale maternal, newborn and child health program in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. e0179873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong H. Nguyen ◽  
Tina Sanghvi ◽  
Sunny S. Kim ◽  
Lan M. Tran ◽  
Kaosar Afsana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
Newborn And Child Health ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Nutrition Practices ◽  
And Child Health

Reappraising Corporate Failure in Britain: Labor Management in the Tobacco Industry before 1939

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Fitzgerald ◽  
Takashi Hirao
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Labor Management ◽  
Corporate Failure ◽  
Labor Policies ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Administrative Structures

To what extent did the search for solutions to problems of labor management mold the development of large-scale business? The history of the Imperial Tobacco Company (ITC) is instructive, because its managerial structures have been heavily criticized. Yet many of the organizational improvements that were implemented after the company's founding in 1901 have been overlooked, particularly in the realm of labor management, which emerged as an important component of the company's increasing capabilities and growth. In contrast to U.S. tobacco firms, ITC implemented labor policies that responded to arising difficulties in size, legislation, trade unionism, and social attitudes. Its development reveals how the variety of factors influencing the management of labor stretch beyond the narrow concern for models of internal administrative structures.

scholarly journals Social and Hydrological Responses to Extreme Precipitations: An Interdisciplinary Strategy for Postflood Investigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Ruin ◽  
Céline Lutoff ◽  
Brice Boudevillain ◽  
Jean-Dominique Creutin ◽  
S. Anquetin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Hydrometeorological Conditions

Abstract This paper describes and illustrates a methodology to conduct postflood investigations based on interdisciplinary collaboration between social and physical scientists. The method, designed to explore the link between crisis behavioral response and hydrometeorological dynamics, aims at understanding the spatial and temporal capacities and constraints on human behaviors in fast-evolving hydrometeorological conditions. It builds on methods coming from both geosciences and transportations studies to complement existing postflood field investigation methodology used by hydrometeorologists. The authors propose an interview framework, structured around a chronological guideline to allow people who experienced the flood firsthand to tell the stories of the circumstances in which their activities were affected during the flash flood. This paper applies the data collection method to the case of the 15 June 2010 flash flood event that killed 26 people in the Draguignan area (Var, France). As a first step, based on the collected narratives, an abductive approach allowed the identification of the possible factors influencing individual responses to flash floods. As a second step, behavioral responses were classified into categories of activities based on the respondents' narratives. Then, aspatial and temporal analysis of the sequences made of the categories of action to contextualize the set of coping responses with respect to local hydrometeorological conditions is proposed. During this event, the respondents mostly follow the pace of change in their local environmental conditions as the flash flood occurs, official flood anticipation being rather limited and based on a large-scale weather watch. Therefore, contextual factors appear as strongly influencing the individual's ability to cope with the event in such a situation.

scholarly journals Analysis of sanitary and irretrievable losses depending on the nature and conditions of emergency situations on the railway

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
I. A. Magdich ◽  
V. P. Petrov ◽  
A. O. Pyatibrat
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Average Data ◽  
Predictive Algorithm ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World

Relevance. The relevance of the problem is determined by the importance of rail transport in Russia for supporting a diversified economy and implementing socially important services for transportation of goods, baggage and passengers. A system of rapid response and medical assistance to victims in large-scale emergencies on the railway also exists due to large numbers of victims and remoteness of emergency areas from large settlements.Intention. To develop an algorithm for predicting irretrievable and sanitary losses depending on the nature and conditions of railway accidents.Methods. A comprehensive analysis of the 200 most significant railway accidents in the world from 1960 to 2018. Using statistical procedures, the determinants of the number of victims were assessed.Results and discussion. The average data, the dispersion of the number of victims in emergency situations on the railway were determined depending on the nature of accidents. The factors influencing the number of sanitary and irretrievable losses are identified. A predictive algorithm to determine the number of victims depending on the nature and conditions of railway accidents. The structure of injuries in victims depending on the nature and conditions of railway accidents is described.Conclusion. The data obtained in the study will help in making decisions on the elimination of emergency situations on the railway. 

scholarly journals Factors influencing the performance of community health workers: A qualitative study of Anganwadi Workers from Bihar, India

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. e0242460
Author(s):  
Aparna John ◽  
Nicholas Nisbett ◽  
Inka Barnett ◽  
Rasmi Avula ◽  
Purnima Menon
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Seasonal Migration ◽  
High Coverage ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Individual

Globally, there remain significant knowledge and evidence gaps around how to support Community Health Worker (CHW) programmes to achieve high coverage and quality of interventions. India’s Integrated Child Development Services scheme employs the largest CHW cadre in the world—Anganwadi Workers (AWWs). However, factors influencing the performance of these workers remain under researched. Lessons from it have potential to impact on other large scale global CHW programmes. A qualitative study of AWWs in the Indian state of Bihar was conducted to identify key drivers of performance in 2015. In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 AWWs; data was analysed using both inductive and deductive thematic analysis. The study adapted and contextualised existing frameworks on CHW performance, finding that factors affecting performance occur at the individual, community, programme and organisational levels, including factors not previously identified in the literature. Individual factors include initial financial motives and family support; programme factors include beneficiaries’ and AWWs’ service preferences and work environment; community factors include caste dynamics and community and seasonal migration; and organisational factors include corruption. The initial motives of the worker (the need to retain a job for family financial needs) and community expectations (for product-oriented services) ensure continued efforts even when her motivation is low. The main constraints to performance remain factors outside of her control, including limited availability of programme resources and challenging relationships shaped by caste dynamics, seasonal migration, and corruption. Programme efforts to improve performance (such as incentives, working conditions and supportive management) need to consider these complex, inter-related multiple determinants of performance. Our findings, including new factors, contribute to the global literature on factors affecting the performance of CHWs and have wide application.

scholarly journals Development of linear erosion forms under the influence of technogenic conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 1469
Author(s):  
O. A. Mazaeva ◽  
V. A. Khak
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Topographic Maps ◽  
Erosion Process ◽  
Shore Zone ◽  
Storage Reservoir ◽  
Erosion Processes ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Erosion Mechanisms

The activation of linear erosion forms in the south of the Irkutsk amphitheatre was stimulated by the construction and exploitation of the Bratsk water-storage reservoir in mid-XX century. In the paper, the characteristics and interaction of natural and technogenic factors influencing the erosion process are described. The construction of reservoir gave rise to new erosion mechanisms such as karst-erosion, aeolianerosion and abrasion-erosion, which did not occur under the natural (undisturbed) conditions. The large-scale topographic maps were used for evaluation of the spatial distribution of erosion in the shore zone; the active erosion processes were observed in 16 areas of the Bratsk reservoir's shore zone; the overall erosionaffected area of the Bratsk reservoir's shore is 332.9 thousand m2.

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