scholarly journals “As Many as Possible for as Long as Possible”—A Case Study of a Soccer Team That Fosters Multiple Outcomes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Martin K. Erikstad ◽  
Bjørn Tore Johansen ◽  
Marius Johnsen ◽  
Tommy Haugen ◽  
Jean Côté
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Soccer Team ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Personal Assets

The personal assets framework suggests that dynamic elements of (a) personal engagement in activities, (b) quality social dynamics, and (c) appropriate settings will influence an athlete’s long-term outcomes of performance, personal development, and continued participation in sport. The aim of the present study was to conduct a case study of a Norwegian age-restricted team that was successful in promoting participation, performance, and positive development for individual participants and to investigate how the dynamic elements of activities, social dynamics, and settings have led to these long-term outcomes. The results indicated that the case is a best-practice example of successful attainment of personal development and long-term participation and performance through appropriate structure and application of the dynamic elements within the personal assets framework, including enjoyable peer-led play activities and quality practice, quality relationships with teammates and coaches, and access to facilities.

scholarly journals A Compact Muon Tracker for Dynamic Tomography of Density Based on a Thin Time Projection Chamber with Micromegas Readout

Particles ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-342
Author(s):  
Ignacio Lázaro Roche
Keyword(s):  
Time Projection Chamber ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Track Reconstruction ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Primary Signal ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Time Projection

Tomography based on cosmic muon absorption is a rising technique because of its versatility and its consolidation as a geophysics tool over the past decade. It allows us to address major societal issues such as long-term stability of natural and man-made large infrastructures or sustainable underwater management. Traditionally, muon trackers consist of hodoscopes or multilayer detectors. For applications with challenging available volumes or the wide field of view required, a thin time projection chamber (TPC) associated with a Micromegas readout plane can provide a good tradeoff between compactness and performance. This paper details the design of such a TPC aiming at maximizing primary signal and minimizing track reconstruction artifacts. The results of the measurements performed during a case study addressing the aforementioned applications are discussed. The current works lines and perspectives of the project are also presented.

Chronic neuroangiostrongyliasis: case study of chronic presentations in Hawaii

Parasitology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Bernard C. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Long Term Outcome ◽  
Residual Symptoms ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Muscular Pain

Abstract This paper describes chronic features of neuroangiostrongyliasis (NAS), a long-term outcome of the disease that has not been adequately described. Current and past literature is predominantly limited to acute manifestations of NAS, and mention of chronic, ongoing clinical symptoms is usually limited to brief notes in a discussion of severe cases. This study investigated the long-term outcomes in ten individuals who were diagnosed with acute neuroangiostrongyliasis in Hawaii between 2009 and 2017. The study demonstrates a significant number of persons in Hawaii sustain residual symptoms for many years, including troublesome sensory paresthesia (abnormal spontaneous sensations of skin experienced as ‘burning, pricking, pins and needles’; also described as allodynia or hyperesthesia) and extremity muscle pains. As a consequence, employment and economic hardships, domestic relocations, and psychological impairments affecting personal relationships occurred. The study summarizes common features of chronic disease, sensory paresthesia and hyperesthesia, diffuse muscular pain, insomnia, and accompanying emotional distress; highlights the frequently unsuccessful endeavours of individuals struggling to find effective treatment; proposes pathogenic mechanisms responsible for prolonged illness including possible reasons for differences in disease presentation in Hawaii compared to Southeast Asia.

scholarly journals Sustainability of social economy organizations (SEOs): An analysis of the conditions for surviving and thriving

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daewook Kim ◽  
Wonhyuk Cho ◽  
Barbara Allen
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Causal Process ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Collaborative Networking ◽  
Social Economy Organizations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Business Competitiveness

Social economy organizations (SEOs), designed to do good for society, have been attracting significant attention as an alternative to purely profit-driven businesses. However, the sustainability of these hybrid organizations has been questioned due to the challenges in meeting the dual bottom-lines of financial performance and social purpose. This article takes a causal-process tracing (CPT) case study approach and analyzes eight SEOs to investigate the common characteristics of sustainable SEOs. The results of the analysis show that effective leadership is a sufficient (but not necessary) condition for the survival of SEOs, while leadership is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for SEOs’ thriving. Business competitiveness is found to be necessary for SEOs’ long-term success and performance over time. Collaborative networking is a contributory condition for SEOs thriving but not a necessary condition for their survival.

AHP Approach for Supplier Selection in a Polyamide Fiber Plant in Supply Chain Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 299-300 ◽  
pp. 1252-1255
Author(s):  
Hui Jin ◽  
Chun Ling Liu ◽  
Xing Yu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Supplier Evaluation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Polyamide Fiber ◽  
Fiber Plant ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Supplier Selection Problem

Supplier evaluation and selection is one of the most important components of supply chain, which influence the long term commitments and performance of the plant. Supplier selection is a complex multi-criteria problem which includes both qualitative and quantitative factors. In order to select the best suppliers it is essential to make a trade off between these tangible and intangible factors some of which may conflict. In this paper, an AHP-based supplier selection model is formulated and then applied to a real case study for a polyamide fiber plant in China. The use of the proposed model indicates that it can be applied to improve and assist decision making to resolve the supplier selection problem in choosing the optimal supplier combination.

Anoxic Brain Injury

2018 ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Jonathan Elmer ◽  
Jon C. Rittenberger
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Coronary Revascularization ◽  
Temperature Management ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Initial Management ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Patterns Of Injury ◽  
Active Temperature

Cardiac arrest is common and deadly. Fortunately, with advances in care, short- and long-term outcomes of those resuscitated after cardiac arrest are steadily improving. Initial management focuses on general critical care support of multisystem organ dysfunction and diagnostic workup to identify the etiology of cardiac arrest. Thereafter, provision of a comprehensive bundle of care including active temperature management, coronary revascularization, delayed multimodal neurological prognostication, and best practice neurocritical care can result in a substantial proportion of patients experiencing favorable recovery despite patterns of injury once thought to be incompatible with survival.

Towards a Methodology for Monitoring and Analyzing the Supply Chain Behavior

2011 ◽  
pp. 186-208
Author(s):  
Reinaldo Moraga ◽  
Luis Rabelo ◽  
Alfonso Sarmiento
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Eigenvalue Analysis ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
And Performance

In this chapter, the authors present general steps towards a methodology that contributes to the advancement of prediction and mitigation of undesirable supply chain behavior within short- and long- term horizons by promoting a better understanding of the structure that determines the behavior modes. Through the integration of tools such as system dynamics, neural networks, eigenvalue analysis, and sensitivity analysis, this methodology (1) captures the dynamics of the supply chain, (2) detects changes and predicts the behavior based on these changes, and (3) defines needed modifications to mitigate the unwanted behaviors and performance. In the following sections, some background information is given from literature, the general steps of the proposed methodology are discussed, and finally a case study is briefly summarized.

SIADH: A Case Review

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Shirland
Keyword(s):  
Antidiuretic Hormone ◽  
Blood Volume ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Case Review ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Circulating Blood Volume ◽  
Neurologic Sequelae ◽  
Effective Circulating Blood Volume

Because the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) can cause neurologic sequelae with the potential to affect long-term outcomes, its prompt recognition and treatment are essential. Normally, antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted when effective circulating blood volume is decreased. SIADH is marked by secretion of ADH in the presence of effective or normal circulating blood volume. This causes plasma hyponatremia simultaneously with plasma hypo-osmolality and inappropriate hyperosmolality of the urine. This article explains the pathophysiology of the syndrome; describes its diagnosis, clinical course, and treatment; and exemplifies the syndrome with a case study.

Problematizing the Pursuit of Personal Development and Performance Success: An Autoethnography of a Canadian Elite Youth Ice Hockey Coach

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassidy Preston ◽  
Jessica Fraser-Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Goal Theory ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Performance Success

Performance success and positive development are goals of youth sport coaching that need not but often do find themselves in conflict with each other, yet there is a dearth of research that has inquired into the tensions between these 2 goals for sport coaches. Adopting an autoethnographic research design, this study explored the first author’s coaching experiences with a focus on his attempts to facilitate players’ personal development and the team’s performance success in a Canadian elite minor ice hockey context. Framed in a positive-youth-development approach, the first author’s philosophy and behaviors were informed by key tenants of achievement goal theory and self-determination theory. Three key areas were problematized: pursuing personal development and performance success, creating a task-oriented environment, and implementing autonomy-supportive behaviors. Practical implications for elite youth coaches and coach educations programs are discussed.

scholarly journals Representing a Relationship: The use of metadata to represent the relationship between physical objects and their digital surrogates

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Laura Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Digital Material ◽  
Digital Objects ◽  
Physical Objects ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Digital collections are increasingly prominent in museums as born-digital material is acquired by institutions, and digital surrogates of physical items are created through digital imaging, digitisation, and reformatting projects. These digital collections are a significant development in museums and a useful tool, particularly for access. When a digital surrogate is created of a physical object, they have an inherent connection to one another. Representing this relationship is important for museums in order to provide context for their collection items. These types of relationships also occur across physical formats, and the consequence of a breakdown in this relationship has been shown in the literature to lead to a loss of context. However, it is unclear how the relationship a physical object has with its digital surrogate is represented in the metadata. Current literature on digital collections only briefly explores existing relationships between digital and physical collections and provides no framework for best practice in a museum context.  This thesis examines how metadata is used to represent the relationship between a physical object and its digital surrogate at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The research involved a single-site case study, with interviews and documentary research which were thematically analysed. This thesis shows how the relationship between physical and digital objects are primarily represented at Te Papa through the collection management system’s structure, with some metadata elements representing the relationship incidentally. It also shows that there are differing worldviews and perspectives across the GLAM domains in the language and the drivers of digitisation.  This research serves as a snapshot of current practice at one institution and encourages further research to better understand the long-term implications of this and other approaches. For museums, understanding how the relationship between physical objects and digital surrogates is currently being represented through metadata could help support professional practice for both types of collections, ensure the relationship is maintained, and help support existing and future digital interventions in museums.</p>

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