The critical role of local policy effects in arid watershed groundwater resources sustainability: A case study in the Minqin oasis, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 601-602 ◽  
pp. 1084-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Hao ◽  
Yaowen Xie ◽  
Jinhui Ma ◽  
Wenpei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Effects ◽  
Minqin Oasis

Friends of Rose Canyon

2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Wiese
Keyword(s):  
Open Space ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
First Century ◽  
Grassroots Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
University City ◽  
Participant Observer ◽  
The Rose

Place-based activism has played a critical role in the history of urban and environmental politics in California. This article explores the continuing significance of environmental place making to grassroots politics through a case study of Friends of Rose Canyon, an environmental group in San Diego. Based in the fast-growing University City neighborhood, Friends of Rose Canyon waged a long, successful campaign between 2002 and 2018 to prevent construction of a bridge in the Rose Canyon Open Space Park in their community. Using historical and participant observer methodologies, this study reveals how twenty-first-century California urbanites claimed and created meaningful local places and mobilized effective politics around them. It illuminates the critical role of individual activists; suggests practical, replicable strategies for community mobilization; and demonstrates the significant impact of local activism at the urban and metropolitan scales.

Case Study: The Critical Role of Sealants in the Repair of a Fluid-Applied Roofing Membrane

2015 ◽  
pp. 328-348
Author(s):  
Kyle D. Magnuson ◽  
W. Joseph Macicak ◽  
Otto C. Guedelhoefer ◽  
David M. VanDommelen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role

scholarly journals Individual variables with an impact on knowledge sharing: the critical role of employees’ ignorance

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1109-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Israilidis ◽  
Evangelia Siachou ◽  
Louise Cooke ◽  
Russell Lock
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Multinational Organization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Communication In Organizations ◽  
Organizational Ability ◽  
Individual Variables

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify individual variables with an impact on knowledge sharing and explore the under-discussed construct of employees’ ignorance. This can enhance the knowledge-sharing process and facilitate the development of greater intellectual capital. Design/methodology/approach – Eighty-four dependent variables affecting knowledge sharing are analyzed and classified into 11 categories. In addition, the direct effect of employees’ ignorance on knowledge sharing is introduced and empirically investigated in a case study of a multinational organization operating within the aerospace and defense industry. Findings – The findings suggest that employees’ ignorance may negatively affect their intention to share knowledge, thus leading to poor decision-making and communication in organizations. Employees’ ignorance could also limit the organizational ability to repel external threats, implement innovation and manage future risks. Originality/value – A classification scheme based on different categories of employees’ ignorance is developed, providing tailor-made recommendations for practitioners facing different types of ill-informed organizational scenarios. Further, the need to shift the emphasis away from the management of knowledge to the management of ignorance is also an important contribution of this paper.

The critical role of NIR spectroscopy and statistical process control (SPC) strategy towards captopril tablets (25 mg) manufacturing process understanding: a case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cátia Panizzon Dal Curtivo ◽  
Nathália Bitencourt Funghi ◽  
Guilherme Diniz Tavares ◽  
Sávio Fujita Barbosa ◽  
Raimar Löbenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Process Control ◽  
Statistical Process Control ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Nir Spectroscopy ◽  
Statistical Process ◽  
Process Understanding

scholarly journals The Role of Academic Advisors in the Development of Transfer Student Capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
Shannon Hayes ◽  
Leslie Lindeman ◽  
Casey Lukszo
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Transfer Student ◽  
Transfer Processes ◽  
Conflicting Information ◽  
Transfer Advising ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between pre-transfer advising and the development of transfer student capital (TSC) for students who have transferred from community college to a four-year university. Using TSC as a framework, this qualitative case study seeks to identify the roles that pre-transfer advisors at community colleges and universities have in students' transfer processes. In this study, we find that advisors can play a critical role in building students' TSC and supporting students' self-efficacy. We also find that students indicate that advisors sometimes provide conflicting information or that advising can often be inaccessible to students, which can lead to self-advising. Implications and recommendations are discussed.

Communication Themes of Patient Engagement for Multi-speciality Hospitals: Nurses’ Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-546
Author(s):  
Harbir Singh ◽  
Ajoy K. Dey ◽  
Arunaditya Sahay
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Patient Engagement ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Different Types

Introduction: Patient engagement is engaging patients in their own medical care to heal them faster and take their valuable inputs to improve the health of population. Nurses contribute significantly in treatment, interact and spend most of their time with inpatients. Therefore, exploring the perspectives of nurses on patient engagement-communication is of vital importance. Objective: This article focuses on exploring the communication themes of patient engagement from the perspective of nurses in a multi-speciality hospital in Delhi. Methodology: The exploratory qualitative case study was carried out with semi-structured interviews of 12 nurses, observation at receptions of ICUs and emergency department and analysis of documents from the hospital’s official website. Grounded theory—three-level coding—was performed to identify the themes of patient engagement-communication. Results: A total of nine themes have been identified: ‘attendant’s role’, ‘communicating with patients of different categories’, ‘doctor’s support to nurses’, ‘nurse action’, ‘nurse behaviour’, ‘nurse challenges’, ‘patient actions’, ‘patient emotions’ and ‘wider role of nurses’. Conclusion: Nurses play a critical role in engaging patients through communication. They should change their approach of communication with different types of patients, understand, respect and give due weightage to patient’s emotions and actions and, play a wider role of teacher and guardian than just being the nurse.

Credit Analysis and Ratings

2019 ◽  
pp. 523-546
Author(s):  
Peter Dadalt ◽  
Michael Gueli ◽  
Rafay Khalid ◽  
Ling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Credit Rating ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Rating Agencies ◽  
Subsequent Discussion ◽  
Credit Analysis

Credit analysis is more than just a quantitative exercise because qualitative factors can influence creditor decisions to lend funds. This chapter discusses the importance of balancing the strengths and weaknesses of quantitative characteristics with an analysis of qualitative characteristics. The extension of credit from a lender to a business is a decision that should follow the careful analysis of factors recognized as industry structuring tools. The “five Cs of credit” provide a framework to begin a qualitative assessment of a company, for without context, financial analysis is almost meaningless. A subsequent discussion of business, industry, and economic analysis rounds out the qualitative considerations. The chapter also offers a discussion of the critical role of the credit rating agencies as gatekeepers. Finally, a review of financial statements, metrics, ratio analysis, and firm capital structure provides a broad view of the firm when conducting a financial analysis. The chapter presents a case study to illustrate key principles.

scholarly journals Severe episodic memory impairment after strategic infarct: A case report

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Wilson Nogueira Holanda Júnior ◽  
Katie Moraes de Almondes ◽  
Rodrigo Alencar e Silva
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Memory Impairment ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Ischemic Lesion ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Severe Impairment

ABSTRACT. Brain infarcts located in strategic regions often result in cognitive impairment. Based on a case study, this paper describes unusual and specific clinical and neuropsychological features of a strategic ischemic lesion in the left medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures. Taken together with the literature data, the case illustrates that a unilateral strategic infarct in MTL structures may result in severe impairment of episodic memory (EM), which refers to the ability to encode and retrieve personal experiences, including information about the time and place of an event and detailed description of the event itself. The preservation of other cognitive functions, the severe functional impairment, and the type of visual-verbal deficit in a left-sided lesion were identified as singular features of the case. The current case supports the critical role of the MTL structures in EM formation.

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