scholarly journals Resilience in Postdisaster Reconstruction of Human Settlement

2021 ◽  
pp. 646-660
Author(s):  
Haorui Wu
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Political Environments ◽  
Architectural Perspective ◽  
Earthquake Reconstruction

Disaster resilience is an ongoing learning process for individuals, families, communities, and society in general to prepare for, respond to, adapt to, and recover from disaster events. This capacity requires a synthesis of multiple elements, including natural, built, social, cultural, economic, and political environments. Architects are on the front line to facilitate postdisaster reconstruction of human settlement, overseeing the quality of structural and infrastructural systems to better support the various social and humanitarian recovery efforts. From the architectural perspective of disaster research and practice, this chapter examines various aspects of building resilience in human settlement. Using the post-Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction initiative in China as an example, this chapter illustrates how the lack of balance among different societal factors (such as social, economic, and cultural) in built environment reconstruction directly damages other aspects of recovery, which significantly delays the capacity-building process of resilience.

scholarly journals Altruism, Solidarity and Responsibility from a Committed Sociology: Contributions to Society

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estrella Gualda
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
History Of

AbstractA careful look at the international development of Sociology highlights the centrality that the study of social problems and the approach to possible solutions to them have had in the history of this discipline, not infrequently for the sake of better social integration, stability, development, social change or even modernity. Recent approaches suggest shifting this focus of attention, arguing about the deficit in sociological research and practice concerning theor etical frameworks that pay attention to the positive aspects. This text reflects on the contributions that altruism, solidarity, and collective responsibility can have to improve the quality of life in contemporary societies and face humanitarian emergencies with a certain degree of success. For instance, the so-called refugee crisis or the current COVID-19 pandemic poses significant challenges for societies. This article also explores briefly new roles of data science in connection with responsibility and altruism. The text invites us to revisit sociology, thinking about the lights more than the shadows.

scholarly journals Missing in Action: Reports of Interdisciplinary Integration in Canadian Palliative Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 2699-2707
Author(s):  
Maggie C. Robinson ◽  
Maryam Qureshi ◽  
Aynharan Sinnarajah ◽  
Srini Chary ◽  
Janet M. de Groot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Barriers And Enablers ◽  
Special Concern ◽  
Missing In Action ◽  
Interdisciplinary Integration

Palliative care has an interdisciplinary tradition and Canada is a leader in its research and practice. Yet even in Canada, a full interdisciplinary complement is often lacking, with psychosocial presence ranging from 0–67.4% depending on the discipline and region. We sought to examine the most notable gaps in care from the perspective of Canadian palliative professionals. Canadian directors of palliative care programs were surveyed with respect to interdisciplinary integration. Participants responded in writing or by phone interview. We operationalized reports of interdisciplinary professions as either “present” or “under/not-represented”. The Vaismoradi, Turunen, and Bondas’ procedure was used for content analysis. Our 14 participants consisted of physicians (85.7%), nurses (14.3%), and a social worker (7.1%) from Ontario (35.7%), British Columbia (14.3%), Alberta (14.3%), Quebec (14.3%), Nova Scotia (14.3%), and New Brunswick (7.1%). Psychology and social work were equally and most frequently reported as “under/not represented” (5/14, each). All participants reported the presence of medical professionals (physicians and nurses) and these groups were not reported as under/not represented. Spiritual care and others (e.g., rehabilitation and volunteers) were infrequently reported as “under/not represented”. Qualitative themes included Commonly Represented Disciplines, Quality of Multidisciplinary Collaboration, Commonly Under-Represented Disciplines, and Special Concern: Psychosocial Care. Similar to previous reports, we found that (1) psychology was under-represented yet highly valued and (2) despite social work’s relative high presence in care, our participants reported a higher need for more. These finding highlight those psychosocial gaps in care are most frequently noted by palliative care professionals, especially psychology and social work. We speculate on barriers and enablers to addressing this need.

scholarly journals Military Barracks as Cultural Heritage in Italy: A Comparison between before-1900- and 1900-to-1950-Built Barracks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 782
Author(s):  
Federico Camerin ◽  
Nicola Camatti ◽  
Francesco Gastaldi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
International Good ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Barracks

This paper addresses the fundamental role that cultural heritage can play in local development processes to guarantee community wellbeing, quality of life, and quality of society. The enhancement of cultural heritage’s tangible and intangible values may result in sustainable and resilient territory, but a number of issues emerge when dealing with the reuse of specific inherited assets, such as former military barracks. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of these assets, especially those released from the military after the end of the Cold War. We thus explore the Italian case through the comparison of before-1900 and 1900-to-1950 former military barracks. The objectives are the following. First, to discover how these two types of military sites are approached (or no) as proper heritage. Second, to understand how the reuse management is carrying out and how it deals with conservative and profit-driven approaches towards the achievement of cultural, economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Third, to compare the Italian case with similar international good practices to discover common/different trends and innovative solutions to be applied in Italy.

A Study on the Optimization and Application of All Radial Truck Tire Building Process Technology

2009 ◽  
Vol 87-88 ◽  
pp. 244-249
Author(s):  
Zhi Hua Li ◽  
Shi Liang Yang ◽  
Peng Xia ◽  
Zhao Feng Li ◽  
Yan Qing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
New Device ◽  
Truck Tire ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Technology Process ◽  
And Control

By analyzing the technology process of all steel radial truck tire building machine, the author finds that there is a big potential of improvement both in stitching effect and efficiency. A new kind of stitching and control device is designed to replace the original. The new device can realize the soft stitching of tire, which reduces redundant actions and thus optimizes the process and improves the stitching efficiency. It is found in tests that the optimized process reduces the blister defectives greatly. Both productivity and quality of tires are improved significantly. It shows a big economic benefit.

scholarly journals THE POTENTIAL OF RUSSIA’S “SOFT POWER”: THE PROBLEM OF EFFECIENCY

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-509
Author(s):  
V.A. Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Language Influence ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The article analyzes the potential of Russia's “soft power” and its main content components, such as education, ideology and language influence. The author's point is that despite the presence of an impressive potential of soft power, Russia begins to lose positions not only in the far abroad, but also in the post-Soviet space. It is concluded that the reasons for the failures in many areas (including foreign policy) is the state of Russian management personnel. Research and practice clearly demonstrate that the effectiveness of management is directly predetermined by the quality of management decision-making, which in Russia is at a depressingly low level since the culture of thinking in our country is in decline. It is proved that the management of our country consists of people who, firstly, are not professionals, and secondly, are not united by a common integrative idea. This is the source of many failures in the application of “soft power” even in the CIS.

The Investigation of the Effect Caused by Deposition Velocity on Bonding Degree within the Structure of FDM

2018 ◽  
Vol 764 ◽  
pp. 142-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Hong Bin Li ◽  
Jing Chuan Dong ◽  
Tai Yong Wang ◽  
Hai Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Deposition Velocity ◽  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
Optimal Temperature ◽  
Bonding Quality ◽  
Building Process ◽  
First Time ◽  
Area Deposition ◽  
Printing Method

In this paper, the effect of deposition velocity on bonding degree is studied in the aspects of experiment and theory. The experimental results show that the bonding quality of the adjacent filaments is weakened with increasing of deposition velocity. In addition, on the premise of guaranteeing every point in the building process to remain at the optimal temperature, the quantitative relationships between interval and filled area, deposition velocity are investigated by using the technique of deactivate and reactivate element of finite element. On the base of the quantitative relationships, the variable deposition velocity printing method is proposed for the first time. Namely, to reap the best bonding quality of filaments the time of completing one layer can be determined according to the filled area, and then, the optimal deposition velocity can be obtained according to the quantitative relationship between the interval and the deposition velocity. Printing the model at this speed can obtain the part with the best bonding quality between adjacent layers.

Societal obstacles to Selling and Buying Quiet

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. 4184-4188
Author(s):  
David Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Noise Emission ◽  
Control Engineering ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Hearing Conservation ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Engineering Work ◽  
Financial Impacts ◽  
Speech Interference

The desire for a quieter environment, office, or workplace is nearly universal. The technology exists to accurately measure noise emission and estimate the health, functional, and financial impacts on hearing conservation, speech interference, and residential or workplace comfort. Several useful methods for labelling of noise emission have been proposed over the years. Government regulations for certain classes of equipment are already in place in some countries. Why then after several decades of concerted effort is "Selling and Buying Quiet" not commonplace? It may be that the fault lies neither with the quality of the engineering work nor the existence or lack of regulation. Instead, a complex of societal factors including confusion, misinformation, denial, and cognitive dissonance effectively undercut any program. This paper will discuss the societal factors opposing the success of "Selling and Buying Quiet", as experienced by the author, along with some possible approaches for increasing the recognition of noise control engineering in the future.

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