scholarly journals Improving the Quality of City Cleanliness through Investment Paradiplomacy in Bantaeng, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
Ahmad Harakan ◽  
Nuryanti Mustari ◽  
Abel Alfred Kinyondo
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Learning And Collaboration

The phenomenon of governance after the Reformation was the provision of more excellent opportunities for local governments to explore the capabilities and resources of their respective regions. Autonomy reflects the centralization policy that was previously implemented and is considered to have not been maximal in producing quality governance improvements, especially in cleanliness, which is the main problem in governance. This opportunity can be implemented by conducting learning and collaboration with other parties, both private and local governments abroad, who have a best practice profile of cleanliness governance through paradiplomacy practices. This research wants to obtain in-depth data. Data collection was carried out in three ways, namely interviews, observation, and documentation studies, through a qualitative approach with the case study method. The learning Process and cooperation in the Bantaeng Regency government impact changing people’s views and making hygiene management policies in Bantaeng. Besides, there is technology transfer to support the effectiveness and efficiency of waste management and city cleanliness in Bantaeng Regency.

scholarly journals A Personalized Machine-Learning-Enabled Method for Efficient Research in Ethnopharmacology. The Case of the Southern Balkans and the Coastal Zone of Asia Minor

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5826
Author(s):  
Evangelos Axiotis ◽  
Andreas Kontogiannis ◽  
Eleftherios Kalpoutzakis ◽  
George Giannakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Extraction Process ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Intelligent Tools ◽  
Southern Balkans

Ethnopharmacology experts face several challenges when identifying and retrieving documents and resources related to their scientific focus. The volume of sources that need to be monitored, the variety of formats utilized, and the different quality of language use across sources present some of what we call “big data” challenges in the analysis of this data. This study aims to understand if and how experts can be supported effectively through intelligent tools in the task of ethnopharmacological literature research. To this end, we utilize a real case study of ethnopharmacology research aimed at the southern Balkans and the coastal zone of Asia Minor. Thus, we propose a methodology for more efficient research in ethnopharmacology. Our work follows an “expert–apprentice” paradigm in an automatic URL extraction process, through crawling, where the apprentice is a machine learning (ML) algorithm, utilizing a combination of active learning (AL) and reinforcement learning (RL), and the expert is the human researcher. ML-powered research improved the effectiveness and efficiency of the domain expert by 3.1 and 5.14 times, respectively, fetching a total number of 420 relevant ethnopharmacological documents in only 7 h versus an estimated 36 h of human-expert effort. Therefore, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the researcher can boost the efficiency and effectiveness of the identification and retrieval of appropriate documents.

scholarly journals The Quality of Life of Suburbanities: A Case Study of the Gdańsk Agglomeration

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Masik
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Made In

The Quality of Life of Suburbanities: A Case Study of the Gdańsk Agglomeration The article explains the meaning of the concept of ‘quality of life’, placing emphasis on its subjective dimension. As the concept is more and more discussed in the literature, the author intends to examine the satisfaction within public spaces for which local government is responsible. According to research made in Canada it is worth measuring not only satisfaction as such but also the importance of its constituent dynamics. Therefore, a survey made in the suburbs of the Gdańsk agglomeration asked respondents about their satisfaction with public transport, roads, environment, etc., including questions about the relative importance of such issues. The combination of satisfaction and importance provide the overall quality of life. At the end of the paper the author considers if there is a chance to improve the quality of life through a brief analysis of local governments expenditure.

The use of performance information in local government mergers

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Kenk ◽  
Toomas Haldma
Keyword(s):  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Eastern European Country ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Using Data

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study more deeply the use of performance information (PI) in the context of the administrative-territorial reform, e.g. amalgamation in the local governments (LG) with an example of Estonian LGs. Design/methodology/approach The case study method is adopted, using data from publicly available documents and interviews with the politicians and officials at the five merger cases of Estonian LG units. The data are interpreted and analysed using attribution theory. Findings The results show that amalgamation patterns do have an influence on PI use – in particular, the authors see that PI is reported to be used more frequently in cases of voluntary mergers, which may be related to the different motivations to make attributions in cases of voluntary and compulsory mergers. Originality/value The study contributes to the debate on the importance and usefulness of different types of PI, as financial as well as non-financial information and for different information users in the light of LG reform in Estonia as being a Central and Eastern European country.

scholarly journals Nodes and Networks: The Generative Role of Cultural Heritage for Urban Revival in Kikinda

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uroš Radosavljević ◽  
Aleksandra Đorđević ◽  
Kseniјa Lalović ◽  
Jelena Živković ◽  
Zoran Đukanović
Keyword(s):  
Social Sustainability ◽  
City Development ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Cultural Artifact ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
The City

Using heritage as a cultural artifact in city development is not new, but little has been explored about how urban heritage can be utilized as new generative value and a new planning instrument for the revival of cities. The purpose of this paper is to show the creative and the generative use of urban heritage, both for the extension of cultural and tourist offer of the city and for the improvement of the quality of life in physical, social and economic terms for the community. The case study method was used for the adaptive reuse of projects for heritage buildings and urban revival in Kikinda. We argue that urban heritage has to be used, bearing in mind its spatial, economic and social sustainability aspects, and become a generator of urban revival. We go beyond recognition of the value of heritage as a cultural artifact that should solely be preserved and used as a static element in urban development, and view it more as a dynamic asset for city revival processes. We found that for the heritage nodes to be utilized as the new generative value for the revival of cities, they have to be perceived from the network perspective, thus influencing the urban environment in a sustainable way.

scholarly journals Tourism Village Management and Development Process: Case Study of Bandung Tourism Village

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-94
Author(s):  
Muhammad Henfi Abdul Khoir ◽  
◽  
Ahmad Rimba Dirgantara
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Event Management ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
Research Questions

Tourism village destinations are built and opened in addition to increasing the income of local communities and local governments as well as providing a new atmosphere for local and foreign tourists. The Local Government's program to develop tourism villages in Bandung Regency continues to be pursued, but the current managers are faced with managerial ability to manage tourism villages properly by tourism village management standards. This raises research questions about how to develop a management and development village tourism module that applies to village tourism managers to preserve the environment and to elevate the local potential based on local wisdom. This research uses the case study method. The analysis used is descriptive qualitative analysis. The results of the study recommend 12 topics of learning modules for the management and development of tourism villages which are expected to be able to help tourism village managers to manage their tourism villages well and sustainably. The learning modules are tourism village management, event management, customer satisfaction management, accommodation management, food and beverage management, handicraft management, marketing management, customer behavior, contemporary marketing, human resource management, conflict management, and tourism policy

scholarly journals Improving The Quality of Process Standard Based on School-Based Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Anang Taufik Karunia ◽  
Maswardi M. Amin ◽  
M. Chiar
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Quality Improvement Process ◽  
School Based ◽  
Improvement Process ◽  
Standard Quality ◽  
School Based Management

<p>The purpose of this research is to understand and describe in detail and depth about 1) Planning of standard quality improvement process based on school-based management at State Junior High School 3 Singkawang (SMPN 3 Singkawang); 2) Organizing the improvement of process standard quality based on school-based management in SMP N 3 Singkawang; 3) Implementation of standard quality improvement process based on school-based management in SMP N 3 Singkawang; 4) Supervision of standard quality improvement process based on school-based management at SMP N 3 Singkawang; 5) obstacles and efforts in improving the quality of process standards based on School-based<br />management in SMPN 3 Singkawang. The approach used in this research is qualitative research using case study method. then the results obtained in this study as follows 1) Planning standard quality improvement process based on the<br />school-based management SMPN 3 Singkawang in good categorize; 2) Organizing the improvement of process standard quality based on school-based management of SMPN 3 Singkawang is categorized well; 3) Implementation of standard quality improvement process based on school-based management of SMPN 3 Singkawang is categorized quite well; 4) Supervision of standard quality improvement process based on school-based management of SMPN 3 Singkawang is categorized quite well; 5) Obstacles in improving the quality of process standards based on the school-based management of SMPN 3 Singkawang is the condition of facilities still not meet the standards, especially the land or building, the physical condition of teachers caused by the age factor but the quality improvement of educators developed through certification of educators and other activities that support the learning process as well as the establishment of harmonious relationships between schools, parents and alumni.</p>

scholarly journals MANFAAT KETERLIBATAN PETANI DALAM POLA KEMITRAAN AGRIBISNIS SAYURAN DI JAWA BARAT

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ninuk Purnaningsih ◽  
Basita G. Sugihen
Keyword(s):  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Collective Case Study ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Intensive Use

The main problems for vegetable farmers are low technology and intensive use of pesticide, therefore farmers cannot produce vegetables with good quality continually. By applying agribusiness partnership it is expected the farmers would be able to overcome the limitation of technology and capital for small farmers attainment a good quality of vegetables, and problem of marketing. This study was aimed to analyze benefit involvement of farmers in agribusiness partnership. Collective case study method was used in five agribusiness companies and one co-operation which applying partnership of agribusiness in West Java: i.e. Bogor, Cianjur, Bandung, and Garut. The population are farmers around company and co-operation, the unit of analysis is farmers household counted of the 285 farmers. Involvement of farmers in partnership has effect on the improvement of farmers income, the use of technology (production and handling), appropriate pesticide use use, labor absorption, and capital usage. Involvement of farmers in partnership also has effect on continuity of farmers business.

scholarly journals Quality Management in Libraries Case Study: Book Collection Retrieval in Academic Libraries

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Vilianty Rizki Utami ◽  
Desni Sri Hastuti Sihite
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Control Data ◽  
User Expectations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Quality Control Data

Quality management in the library is related to quality control of the library's work to meet user expectations and contributes to the continued success of the organization. However, quality control is lacking and not be the main focus in many libraries. This paper aims to explain how quality management improves work results in libraries. The research method used in this paper is qualitative research using a case study method. We conduct research in Library X that already underwent quality control in book processing activities. The data were collected through observation, and interviews for book processing activities and its quality control data during 2018-2020. The data was then analyzed document analysis. The study found that Library X could perform better by improving the quality of book processing and fixing the error just before they put the book on its shelves. Quality control gives a comprehensive evaluation in Library X either for humans, processes, and systems of book processing activities that help Library X conduct its duty to provide their user needs and expectations. Quality control and quality management also help Library X describe the library working atmosphere and can be used for giving motivation to all librarians and staff to give better service and performance for the end-users.

Neuropsychiatry service provision in India and South Asia

2020 ◽  
pp. 545-550
Author(s):  
Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Vivek Misra
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Neuropsychiatry as a medical specialty is significantly underrepresented in India, with neurology and psychiatry giving each other a wide berth in many of the country’s regions. This chapter reviews the state of neuropsychiatric services in India and South Asia, before moving on to explore what constitutes a Comprehensive Neuropsychiatry Programme (CNP). This encompasses education and research into neuropsychiatric outcomes, advocacy at a governmental level, and community-engendered activities, all with a view to attaining optimal levels of participation in activities of daily living (ADLs), health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and various social and educational milestones. The model employed by a multidisciplinary team for use in developing nations is then described, along with a case study to demonstrate best practice.

scholarly journals Enhancing the Robustness of Causal Claims Based on Case Study Research on Conflict Zones: Observations from Fieldwork in Donbas

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Stefan Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Central Case ◽  
Data Requirements

Abstract Focusing on process tracing and using the example of fieldwork in Donbas, I develop an argument on what theoretically grounded and empirically detailed methodological solutions can be considered to mitigate the challenges of research on conflict zones and assure the robustness of any causal claims made. I first outline my assumptions about process tracing as the central case study method and its application to research on conflict zones, and then discuss in more detail data requirements, data collection, and data analysis. Using two examples of case studies on the war in and over Donbas, I illustrate how three standards of best-practice in process tracing—the need for a theory-guided inquiry, the necessity to enhance causal inference by paying attention to (and ruling out) rival explanations, and the importance of transparency in the design and execution of research—can be applied in the challenging circumstances of fieldwork-based case studies of conflict zones. I conclude by suggesting that as a minimum threshold for reliance upon causal inferences, these three standards also should align with a standard of evidence that requires both the theoretical and empirical plausibility of any conclusions drawn.

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