Technology for determining of students adaptive capabilities

In the COVID-19 pandemic, people’s dwellings suddenly became a predominant site of economic activity. We argue that, predictably, policy-makers and employers took the home for granted as a background support of economic life. Acting as if home is a cost-less resource that is free for appropriation in an emergency, ignoring how home functions as a site of gendered relations of care and labour, and assuming home is a largely harmonious site, all shaped the invisibility of the imposition. Taking employee flexibility for granted and presenting work-from-home as a privilege offered by generous employers assumed rapid adaptation. As Australia emerges from lockdown, ‘building back better’ to meet future shocks entails better supporting adaptive capabilities of workers in the care economy, and of homes that have likewise played an unacknowledged role as buffer and shelter for the economy. Investing in infrastructure capable of providing a more equitable basis for future resilience is urgent to reap the benefits that work-from-home offers. This article points to the need for rethinking public investment and infrastructure priorities for economic recovery and reconstruction in the light of a gender perspective on COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ experience. JEL Codes: E01, E22, J24

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Review of the Quantitative Resilience Methods in Water Distribution Networks

Water ◽

10.3390/w11061189 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1189 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Qing Shuang ◽

Hui Jie Liu ◽

Erik Porse

Keyword(s):

Water Distribution ◽

Distribution Networks ◽

Welfare Economic ◽

Fault Detection And Isolation ◽

Water Distribution Networks ◽

Uncertain Environments ◽

Innovative Methods ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

The Social ◽

Surrogate Measures

Water distribution networks (WDNs) are critical contributors to the social welfare, economic growth, and public health in cities. Under the uncertainties that are introduced owing to climate change, urban development, aging components, and interdependent infrastructure, the WDN performance must be evaluated using continuously innovative methods and data acquisition. Quantitative resilience assessments provide useful information for WDN operators and planners, enabling support systems that can withstand disasters, recover quickly from outages, and adapt to uncertain environments. This study reviews contemporary approaches for quantifying the resilience of WDNs. 1508 journal articles published from 1950 to 2018 are identified under systematic review guidelines. 137 references that focus on the quantitative resilience methods of WDN are classified as surrogate measures, simulation methods, network theory approaches, and fault detection and isolation approaches. This study identifies the resilience capability of the WDNs and describes the related terms of absorptive, restorative, and adaptive capabilities. It also discusses the metrics, research progresses, and limitations associated with each method. Finally, this study indicates the challenges associated with the quantification of WDNs that should be overcome for achieving improved resilience assessments in the future.

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Adaptive Foot in Lower-Limb Prostheses

Journal of Robotics ◽

10.1155/2017/9618375 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Thilina H. Weerakkody ◽

Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne ◽

R. A. R. C. Gopura

Keyword(s):

Lower Limb ◽

Uneven Surface ◽

Design Concepts ◽

Human Foot ◽

Future Developments ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

Adaptive Nature ◽

Lower Limb Amputees ◽

Artificial Prosthesis ◽

Lower Limb Prostheses

The human foot consists of complex sets of joints. The adaptive nature of the human foot enables it to be stable on any uneven surface. It is important to have such adaptive capabilities in the artificial prosthesis to achieve most of the essential movements for lower-limb amputees. However, many existing lower-limb prostheses lack the adaptive nature. This paper reviews lower-limb adaptive foot prostheses. In order to understand the design concepts of adaptive foot prostheses, the biomechanics of human foot have been explained. Additionally, the requirements and design challenges are investigated and presented. In this review, adaptive foot prostheses are classified according to actuation method. Furthermore, merits and demerits of present-day adaptive foot prostheses are presented based on the hardware construction. The hardware configurations of recent adaptive foot prostheses are analyzed and compared. At the end, potential future developments are highlighted.

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Active stiffening of mitral valve leaflets in the beating heart

AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpheart.00120.2009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 296 (6) ◽

pp. H1766-H1773 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Akinobu Itoh ◽

Gaurav Krishnamurthy ◽

Julia C. Swanson ◽

Daniel B. Ennis ◽

Wolfgang Bothe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mitral Valve ◽

Contractile Activity ◽

Complex Function ◽

Beating Heart ◽

Therapeutic Approaches ◽

Active Structure ◽

Highly Active ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

Β Receptor ◽

Isovolumic Relaxation

The anterior leaflet of the mitral valve (MV), viewed traditionally as a passive membrane, is shown to be a highly active structure in the beating heart. Two types of leaflet contractile activity are demonstrated: 1) a brief twitch at the beginning of each beat (reflecting contraction of myocytes in the leaflet in communication with and excited by left atrial muscle) that is relaxed by midsystole and whose contractile activity is eliminated with β-receptor blockade and 2) sustained tone during isovolumic relaxation, insensitive to β-blockade, but doubled by stimulation of the neurally rich region of aortic-mitral continuity. These findings raise the possibility that these leaflets are neurally controlled tissues, with potentially adaptive capabilities to meet the changing physiological demands on the heart. They also provide a basis for a permanent paradigm shift from one viewing the leaflets as passive flaps to one viewing them as active tissues whose complex function and dysfunction must be taken into account when considering not only therapeutic approaches to MV disease, but even the definitions of MV disease itself.

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Genome sequence of Oceanobacillus iheyensis isolated from the Iheya Ridge and its unexpected adaptive capabilities to extreme environments

Nucleic Acids Research ◽

10.1093/nar/gkf526 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 30 (18) ◽

pp. 3927-3935 ◽

Cited By ~ 139

Author(s):

H. Takami

Keyword(s):

Genome Sequence ◽

Extreme Environments ◽

Adaptive Capabilities

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On the adaptive capabilities of beavers (Castor L., 1758)

Veterinariya, Zootekhniya i Biotekhnologiya ◽

10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202102009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 65-74

Author(s):

V. A. Ostapenko ◽

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S. L. Nesterchuk ◽

Keyword(s):

Anthropogenic Landscapes ◽

Ecological Plasticity ◽

Behavioral Adaptations ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

Rapid Restoration

Based on observations of beavers in anthropogenic landscapes, the study of methods of their maintenance and feeding in the zoo assumptions are made about the broad ecological plasticity of the species. This is achieved by both morphophysiological adaptations and behavioral adaptations, which are associated with the processes of synanthropization and domestication. This is also associated with the processes of rapid restoration of the number of beavers and their range in places of former extermination. The river beaver is a promising object of zooculture, including breeding in artificial conditions.

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Pre-Entry Experience, Postentry Adaptations, and Internationalization in the African Mobile Telecommunications Industry

Organization Science ◽

10.1287/orsc.2021.1470 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

Mohammad Jahanbakht ◽

Romel Mostafa ◽

Francisco Veloso

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Telecommunications Industry ◽

Mobile Telecommunications ◽

African Countries ◽

Firm Level ◽

Operational Conditions ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

Level Data ◽

Start Ups ◽

Mobile Telecommunications Industry

We study the evolution of the African mobile telecommunications industry from its effective beginning and explore the sources of ownership advantages among indigenous firms, by assembling historical qualitative and quantitative firm-level data. Our historical qualitative findings suggest that a few start-ups gained industry-specific knowledge through their pre-entry experience, directed their postentry development of capabilities toward adaptations to challenging market and operational conditions, and leveraged their adaptive capabilities to enter and compete in other African countries. Using our quantitative panel data, we show that these firms successfully internationalized across the continent. In particular, compared with other start-ups, they had higher rates of foreign entry in African countries that had relatively weaker rule of law, and greater market reach in African countries that had relatively larger low-income consumer segments. These patterns corroborate that their capabilities for overcoming the industry’s challenging market and operational conditions were their key ownership advantages. Through our triangulated analysis, we show that inherited industry knowledge provides a foundation for postentry capability development, and entrepreneurial leadership guides this process to create ownership advantages for regional internationalization.

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TIME PERSPECTIVE PERCEPTION SPECIFIC AND MALADAPTATION IN ELDERLY UNDER UNCERTAINTY CONDITIONS DURING PANDEMIC EMERGENCY

Успехи геронтологии ◽

10.34922/ae.2021.34.5.002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 672-678

Author(s):

А.В. Васильева ◽

Р.И. Антохина ◽

Е.Ю. Антохин

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Comparison Group ◽

Adult Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

Adaptive Capabilities ◽

Age Factor ◽

Perception Of Time ◽

Adaptive Resource

Цель исследования - определение специфики переживания психологического стресса, временной перспективы и симптоматики адаптационных нарушений у пожилых людей в чрезвычайной ситуации пандемии по сравнению с активным взрослым населением. На первом этапе были обследованы 587 человек с помощью шкалы PSM-25, затем были отобраны 100 респондентов с дезадаптационным уровнем стресса (сумма ≥155 баллов). Основную группу составили 50 человек 60-74 лет (средний возраст - 65±2,7 года), 50 человек 18-44 лет (средний возраст - 32±3,8 года) вошли в группу сравнения, которые были обследованы с помощью опросника SCL-90-R для оценки психопатологической симптоматики и опросника ZTPI для оценки восприятия временной перспективы. Выявлено наличие адаптационных расстройств в обеих группах. В группе пожилых установлена активация восприятия позитивного прошлого, что может быть адаптационным ресурсом, и большая выраженность фаталистического восприятия настоящего, что обусловливает пассивное преодоление стресса и сужает адаптационные возможности пожилых людей. Результаты исследования позволяют обозначить потенциальные «мишени» психотерапевтической работы с населением в условиях пандемического стресса с учетом возрастного фактора. The purpose of the study - to determine the specifics of experiencing psychological stress, the time perspective and symptoms of adaptation disorders in older people in a pandemic emergency compared to the active adult population. At the first stage, 587 people were examined using the PSM-25 scale, then 100 respondents with maladaptive stress levels (sum ≥155 points) were selected. The main group consisted of 50 people aged 60 to 74 years (aver age age 65±2,7 years), 50 people aged 18 to 44 years (average age 32±3,8 years) were included in comparison group, who were examined with using the SCL-90-R questionnaire for assessing psychopathological symptoms and the ZTPI questionnaire for assessing the perception of time perspective. The presence of adaptation disorders in both groups was revealed. In the elderly group, the activation of the perception of the positive past was established, which can be an adaptive resource, and the greater severity of the fatalistic perception of the present, which causes passive overcoming with stress and narrows the adaptive capabilities of the elderly. The results of the study make it possible to identify potential «targets» of psychotherapeutic work with the population in conditions of pandemic stress, taking into account the age factor.

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