scholarly journals Design of a sustainable polygeneration microgrid for the retrofitting of an industrial site: Ansaldo Energia case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 03009
Author(s):  
Enrico Bianchi ◽  
Stefano Bracco ◽  
Fabio Cannizzaro ◽  
Federico Delfino ◽  
Alessandro Giacchino
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrial Site ◽  
General Validity ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The University ◽  
Energy Infrastructures

The aim of this paper is that of proposing a methodology on how to design a microgrid for an industrial area. In particular, the paper reports the description of a project, jointly developed by the University of Genoa and Ansaldo Energia SpA, to design a polygeneration microgrid for the industrial site of Ansaldo Energia company in the Metropolitan City of Genoa. The microgrid infrastructure integrates different technologies to satisfy the electrical, thermal and cooling demand of the site, among which an important role is played by the cogeneration AE T100 microturbines developed by the company. In the paper, the optimization tool AEN-MGD, developed to optimally design and operate the microgrid, is described and different possible configurations of the microgrid are investigated and analysed from the technical, economic and environmental point of view. The proposed model has a general validity and it can be used to design and operate other similar energy infrastructures.

scholarly journals Organising to beat the Trade Union Act (2016) voting thresholds: a case study of organising and tactics from the University and College Union

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Richards ◽  
Vaughan Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
College Union ◽  
The University ◽  
Further Development

PurposeA retrospective action-research case study of one branch of the University and College Union (UCU) is used to show how threshold requirements of the Act can be systematically beaten.Design/methodology/approachThe paper responds to calls for “best practice” on how trade unions may react to member voting threshold requirements of the Trade Union Act 2016 (the Act). A broader aim is to make a theoretical contribution related to trade union organising and tactics in “get the vote out” (GTVO) industrial action organising campaigns.FindingsFindings are presented as a lead organiser's first-hand account of a successful GTVO campaign contextualised in relation to theories of organising. The findings offer “best practice” for union organisers required to beat the Act's voting thresholds and also contribute to theories surrounding trade union organising tactics.Research limitations/implicationsFurther development and adaptation of the proposed model may be required when applied to larger bargaining units and different organising contexts.Practical implicationsThe findings can inform the organising practices/tactics of trade unions in relation to statutory ballots. The findings also allow Human Resource (HR) practitioners to reflect on their approach to dealing with unions capable of mounting successful GTVO campaigns.Social implicationsThe findings have the potential to collectively empower workers, via their trade unions, to defend and further their interests in a post-financial crisis context and in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThis is the first known empirical account of organising to exceed voting thresholds of the Act, providing practical steps for union organisers in planning for statutory ballots. Further value lies in the paper's use of a novel first-hand account of a GTVO campaign, offering a new and first, theoretical model of organising tactics to beat the Act.

scholarly journals Modelo de Gestión de Conocimiento para el Núcleo Universitario Santa Lucía

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Ana Muñoz ◽  
Víctor López ◽  
Vanessa Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Know How ◽  
The University

The present work aims to propose a model of knowledge management for agricultural teaching based on ontologies. Through identification of the business model, business processes, intellectual capital and ontologies, the relationships between each of the parts of the model are described, and the technological elements that support it are presented. From the point of view of knowledge management and ontologies, the model that guides the innovative university is developed, where Santa Lucía Campus of the Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Mérida (UPTM) is the case study. This model describes the elements that define the knowledge of an Agricultural Production Unit from the university, so that it can incorporate the know-how of knowledge management and collaborative learning articulated with ICT applied to educational-productive management in the agricultural sector. Ontology is used as the main mechanism to represent knowledge, defining within a context or domain the meaning of the terms and their relationships. Through the model the technological bases and knowledge necessary in the teaching of agriculture in a university nucleus are structured.Keywords: Ontology, Knowledge Management, Agro-business, Business Model. 

scholarly journals University and Practice – Cooperation in Research and Science: Case study of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Jana Jarábková ◽  
Marcela Chrenekova ◽  
Oľga Roháčiková
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Central Register ◽  
Practical Life ◽  
The University ◽  
Science And Research

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> Besides their educational and research functions, universities are currently essential for dissemination of knowledge in innovation processes, thus affecting the economic and social development of their environments. The formalized cooperation of the Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra and its partners in research and science was examined in this context.</p><p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> Formal cooperation of the university with working life partners in terms of their sectoral and geographic affiliation was analyzed in the paper. The Central Register of Contracts and the SUA Internal Register of Contracts were used as principal sources of data. Based on interviews and selected studies conducted in the Slovak Republic we further focused on identification of barriers to the transfer of the results of research into practice.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> The paper confirmed cognitive and spatial proximity between SUA and its partners. The sectoral focus of the partners is closely related to the profile of the university. From the spatial point of view, more significant concentration of SUA partners in the region of Western Slovakia was confirmed. We identified several barriers to the transfer of the results of scientific research activities from the university environment into practical life.</p><p><strong>Research Limitation/implication:</strong> We conducted research on the example of one university, thus it is not possible to generalize the results.</p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> The paper analyzes the collaboration of the University in science and research with partners in practical life and identifies weaknesses and barriers to this cooperation.

Lefa la Tsebo: A Proposed Model for Framing Tshwane University of Technology’s Libraries Policies

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahlaga Johannes Molepo ◽  
Archie Leonard Dick
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The University ◽  
Purposive Sample

This article presents a proposed model for framing the policies of Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) libraries. The authors draw on a focused literature review across various disciplines as well as empirical evidence collected from a purposive sample of 40 participants in a case study. The qualitative evaluation method is used to evaluate a set of models. A self-developed set of criteria is used as a tool to test the models towards a selection of elements and features that are then used to table the proposed model for TUT’s libraries. The evaluated models were categorised to produce models for academic library activities, models for higher education as well as models that depict changes in society’s knowledge system. The adapted model proposes a multiple reality constructionist approach to improve a shared understanding of what constitutes knowledge in democratic South Africa. It was found that there are inconsistencies and a lack of clarity on the role of TUT’s libraries in transformation initiatives of the university. The main argument is that the future role of TUT’s libraries should include taking part in other processes of the knowledge system such as knowledge production, application and use. The main value of the article is to provide a comprehensive strategic outlook that guides the transformation of TUT’s libraries. This will assist to frame TUT’s libraries policies in light of changes taking place in higher education.

scholarly journals The evolution of e-learning practices at the University of Tehran: A case study

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-37
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
The University

e-Learning is a new educational paradigm in the age of information technology. These days, most universities worldwide consider e-learning as a strategic asset to make education accessible to everyone. The current paper evaluates the e-learning programs at the University of Tehran from an organizational point of view, and seeks to realize how it evolved over time and adapted to the changing environment. Using a qualitative method, this study draws a comprehensive picture of e-learning events and challenges in different phases, as well as their impacts in multiple aspects. The evolution also shows a gradual decentralization in the administration processes and the transformed e-learning programs from a standalone effort into teamwork at the enterprise level.

scholarly journals A New Radiological Risk Containment Procedure in Potentially Contaminated Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Francesco Caridi ◽  
Giuseppe Paladini ◽  
Valentina Venuti ◽  
Salvatore Procopio ◽  
Michelangelo Iannone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Radiological Risk ◽  
The Road ◽  
Good State ◽  
Orphan Sources

A new radiological risk containment procedure, developed to manage the radiological risk in potentially contaminated areas, is presented here. This new methodological approach, systematically employed in sampling and site inspection activities in unknown areas from an environmental point of view, allowed the discovery of eight 226Ra orphan sources buried under the road surface, in a good state of conservation, in an industrial area of the Calabrian territory, southern Italy, and they are reported here as a case study. For workers performing sampling activities in areas for which information regarding the possible presence of contaminated material is missing, an in situ radiometric check is usually carried out as a potential radiological risk prevention, by measuring the levels of environmental radioactivity. Other than this, the procedure described in this article includes, as novelty, a series of progressive operations never carried out before all together for outdoor activities: the assessment of the presence (if any) of hot spots by recording radiometric anomalies, outdoor gamma spectrometry measurements in order to identify the radionuclides generating those anomalies, the sources unearthing activities, the management of the material found and the application of a risk containment protocol.

scholarly journals Student Teachers Building a Sustainable Future Through Constructing Equality in Visual Arts Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-90
Author(s):  
Leena Knif ◽  
Seija Kairavuori
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Functional Space ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Visual Arts Education ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
The University

AbstractThis article presents a discussion about primary school visual arts education from the point of view of social sustainability and in the context of teacher education in Finland. The study focuses on the student teachers’ understanding and pedagogic thinking of the equality construction in visual arts. In this case study the research data comprises the learning portfolios of student teachers (N=25) from the visual arts teaching course at the University of Helsinki in which they designed and carried out pedagogical workshops of visual arts to promote equality. The data were examined with the methods of qualitative content analysis. In this context, the student teachers found engaging elements in the aims and practices of visual arts to be the way to enhance equality. Visual arts education was found to offer a functional space for enhancing the agency, social skills and values needed in a sustainable future.

Organizational Configuration and Relationship With the Environment

2019 ◽  
pp. 245-261
Author(s):  
Gonçalo Marques Barbosa ◽  
Cristina Parente
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Science And Technology Parks ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
The University ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
Epistemological Point

This chapter aims to address science and technology parks as organizational structures that promote links between universities and start-up companies. The authors conducted a case study to the Science and Technology Park of the University of Oporto (UPTEC), based on an interpretative and comprehensive epistemological point of view and a mix-methods approach. The analytical focus was on studying the genesis and development of this STP, its internal organization—functional areas and service range—and its different roles. This case study highlighted the benefits of the development of internal subsystems in a STP, which focused mainly in the incubation role. It also stresses UPTEC as a strong illustration of the triple-helix principles. At the same time, this case presented an imbalance in importance of those subsystems and a lack of result tracking as the biggest challenges faced by this STP.

A Whole-Range S–N Curve for Fatigue Assessment of Steel Orthotropic Bridge Decks

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (08) ◽  
pp. 1840010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang-Dong Zhou ◽  
Ting-Hua Yi ◽  
Tai-Yong Zhu ◽  
Huan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Bridge Decks ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Traffic Loading ◽  
Fatigue Assessment ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Mathematical Model ◽  
Very High ◽  
Double Logarithm

The fatigue assessment of orthotropic bridge decks under routine traffic loading is a significant task to ensure the serviceability and safety of steel bridges. The sequential law computes fatigue damages using whole-range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curves and sequential stress histories and has been proven to provide more realistic results than Miner’s rule under variable amplitude loading. In this paper, a whole-range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curve covering the very low-cycle region, the low-cycle region, the finite life region, the high-cycle region, and the very high-cycle region is proposed for the sequential law to evaluate the fatigue performance of steel orthotropic bridge decks. The mathematical model of the whole-range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curve is first deduced based on the partially known [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curve recommended in steel bridge design codes. The properties of the whole-range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curve are then explained from the geometrical point of view in the double logarithm coordinates system. Finally, rib-to-deck joints in steel orthotropic bridge decks are used as a case study. Fatigue test data are used to validate the proposed model. The whole-range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curve, with a 97.5% survival limit, is established for fatigue assessment of rib-to-deck joints in real bridges. The results show that the proposed whole-range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curve allows a good fit of experimental data and excellent agreement with code [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] curves in the finite life region and provides an effective extrapolation from the finite life region to the whole range of cycle numbers.

scholarly journals DETERMINING FACTORS OF INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE: MULTIPLE CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa ◽  
◽  
Pedro E. López-Salazar ◽  
Celia Sama-Berrocal ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Study Methodology

The agri-food industry plays an important role in the manufacturing industry in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura (Spain). The objective of this research is to identify which factors influence the success of the innovative performance in this regional industry. For this, a case study methodology was designed to analyze, from an organizational point of view, which elements contribute to the ability of various companies to develop an innovative strategy. This study validates the proposed model in which Management, Strategy, Structure, Culture, Climate and Market Orientation are factors that determine innovative Performance.

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