Potential outcomes and impacts of organic group certification in Italy: An evaluative case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 107107
Author(s):  
Francesco Solfanelli ◽  
Emel Ozturk ◽  
Patrizia Pugliese ◽  
Raffaele Zanoli
Keyword(s):  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Organic Group

scholarly journals Linking Process to Outcome: Implicit Norms in a Cross-Cultural Dialogue Program

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Ross
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Dialogue Process ◽  
Cultural Dialogue

This paper examines the link between dialogue mechanisms and potential outcomes. Using the “Soliya Connect Program” as a case study, I focus specifically on dialogue norms, distinguishing between explicit and implicit norms of dialogue, and examine how these norms shape the dialogue space. My analysis suggests that as dialogue mechanisms, these norms both enable and constrain participants’ comfort in expressing themselves, and thus can significantly affect the outcomes of the dialogue process.

scholarly journals Maternal Participation Program for Enhancing Growth and Neurobehavioral Development of Very and Moderately Preterm Infants: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 523-533
Author(s):  
Nethong NAMPROM ◽  
Wilawan PICHEANSATHIAN ◽  
Usanee JINTRAWET ◽  
Jutamas CHOTIBANG
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Developmental Care ◽  
Neurobehavioral Development ◽  
Monitoring Strategies ◽  
Participation Level ◽  
Moderately Preterm ◽  
Participation Program

A Maternal Participation Program in the context of Thai culture was developed based on the Neonatal Integrative Developmental Care model. A multiple case study design was used to explore the feasibility and acceptability and potential outcomes of implementing the program in a Thai NICU. The potential outcomes were growth and neurobehavioral development of very and moderately preterm infants. This program consisted of education and monitoring strategies including 4 teaching and practice sessions of 6 care practices, which included optimizing nutrition, positioning and handling, safeguarding sleep, promoting a healing environment, minimizing stress, and protecting the skin. The maternal participation program with education strategies was implemented one week after the infant’s admission to an NICU. Strategies to monitor the maternal participation level and to boost maternal participation were used. The maternal participation program was beneficial for 3 Thai mothers. They gave positive feedback regarding the feasibility and acceptability of the program, as well as the readability of the “My Baby” handbook. The level of maternal participation in caring for preterm infants increased after being involved in this program. Additionally, preterm infants’ body weight and neurobehavioral scores dramatically increased. Further studies of this program need to be conducted in a randomized controlled trial design.

scholarly journals Teaching FSL with AIM? An elementary school case study

SURG Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-22
Author(s):  
Brandon Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Integrated Method ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Functional Knowledge ◽  
Core French

The publication of the Roadmap for Canada’s Linguistic Duality 2008 – 2013 by the Canadian government has presented a challenge to the country’s ministries of education: to double, by the year 2013, the number of graduates from Canadian secondary schools who have acquired acquired a functional knowledge of their second language. The goal set out by this publication has yet again heightened the polemic around the most effective way to learn a second language. Contributing to the corpus of instructional materials for the teaching of FSL in Canada, Wendy Maxwell, a French teacher in British Columbia, developed the AIM (Accelerative Integrated Method). The AIM proposes to accelerate the learning of the target language through the use of gestures (The Gesture Approach) so that students can understand and speak in the second language (SL) as early as possible. In spite of the growing popularity and favorable reception of the program by teachers, there is very little research examining its effectiveness in the classroom. This article proposes to add to the current body of research by examining the efficiency of the AIM for the teaching of FSL on a practical and theoretical level. Data acquired from a proficiency test administered to elementary core French students taught with the AIM will serve as a springboard in defining the potential outcomes one can attain with the program. Finally, a review of the literature on the AIM as well as the use of gesture in the SL classroom will bring into evidence the theoretical merits of the method.

Causal Inference with Networked Treatment Diffusion

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihua An
Keyword(s):  
Causal Inference ◽  
Treatment Effect ◽  
Simple Structure ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
Causal Effects ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Statistical Inferences ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Biased Estimates

Treatment interference (i.e., one unit’s potential outcomes depend on other units’ treatment) is prevalent in social settings. Ignoring treatment interference can lead to biased estimates of treatment effects and incorrect statistical inferences. Some recent studies have started to incorporate treatment interference into causal inference. But treatment interference is often assumed to follow a simple structure (e.g., treatment interference exists only within groups) or measured in a simplistic way (e.g., only based on the number of treated friends). In this paper, I highlight the importance of collecting data on actual treatment diffusion in order to more accurately measure treatment interference. Furthermore, I show that with accurate measures of treatment interference, we can identify and estimate a series of causal effects that are previously unavailable, including the direct treatment effect, treatment interference effect, and treatment effect on interference. I illustrate the methods through a case study of a social network–based smoking prevention intervention.

The outcomes of providing lean training to strategic suppliers: a Swedish case study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewout Reitsma ◽  
Peter Manfredsson ◽  
Per Hilletofth ◽  
Roy Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Over Time

PurposeThe aim of this study is to investigate the outcomes of a leading Swedish truck maker (referred to as “TruckCo” for confidentiality reasons) providing lean training to its strategic suppliers.Design/methodology/approachA single in-depth case study is conducted, using on-site semi-structured interviews with representatives from TruckCo and its suppliers for data collection.FindingsThe lean training program resulted in four main outcomes. First, financially unstable suppliers were less receptive to the lean training program than financially stable suppliers. Second, the suppliers became easier to collaborate with over time, through improving their internal ways of working and thus creating more trust in terms of reliability. Third, the suppliers improved their ability to identify possible problems that could jeopardize deliveries. Fourth and finally, the suppliers improved their delivery precision.Research limitations/implicationsOne limitation of this study is that its findings are based on a single in-depth case study. Another limitation is that all the involved companies originate from Sweden. These limitations should be considered in attempts to replicate or further test the reported findings.Practical implicationsThis study provides insights into how a manufacturer can teach lean management to suppliers, and how suppliers can be involved in a manufacturer's journey towards a leaner supply chain. Furthermore, the study reflects more generally on the potential outcomes of a manufacturer providing lean training to suppliers.Originality/valueThis study highlights both TruckCo's and the suppliers' view of the outcomes of the lean training program and discusses how different suppliers adopt the taught lean practices. Avenues for future research are proposed as well.

Investigating the impact of donor funding: a case study on Lebanon

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Salman Saleh ◽  
Charles Harvie
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Donor Funding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Macroeconomic Impact ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a macroeconomic framework to predict the impact of transient donor funding on a developing economy and to facilitate evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative uses of this funding in attaining the desired outcomes. Design/methodology/approach A simulation analysis of the macroeconomic impact of donor funding on the Lebanese economy is conducted. Findings The paper evaluates the potential outcomes for the country from alternative uses of this donor funding and concludes that targeting infrastructure expenditure, mediated through the government, will produce the most beneficial longer term outcomes. Originality/value This paper is the first substantive macro model to be developed for the Lebanese economy. It is the first major study of the contribution of donor funding to the Lebanese macro-economy. The framework, however, can be generalised to other developing donor recipient nations.

Foraging extends beyond food: Hoarding of mental energy and information seeking in response to uncertainty

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Alquist ◽  
Roy F. Baumeister
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Potential Outcomes ◽  
Food Hoarding

AbstractWhen an environment is uncertain, humans and other animals benefit from preparing for and attempting to predict potential outcomes. People respond to uncertainty both by conserving mental energy on tasks unrelated to the source of the uncertainty and by increasing their attentiveness to information related to the uncertainty. This mental hoarding and foraging allow people to prepare in uncertain situations.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

Dual systems for all: Higher-order, role-based relational reasoning as a uniquely derived feature of human cognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Povinelli ◽  
Gabrielle C. Glorioso ◽  
Shannon L. Kuznar ◽  
Mateja Pavlic
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Reasoning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Important Case ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Relational Reasoning ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
First Order ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
Role Based

Abstract Hoerl and McCormack demonstrate that although animals possess a sophisticated temporal updating system, there is no evidence that they also possess a temporal reasoning system. This important case study is directly related to the broader claim that although animals are manifestly capable of first-order (perceptually-based) relational reasoning, they lack the capacity for higher-order, role-based relational reasoning. We argue this distinction applies to all domains of cognition.

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