Introduction: Emerging experiences of work in a changing economy

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Amparo Serrano ◽  
Eduardo Crespo
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Changing Economy ◽  
Current Experience

The purpose of this introductory article is to lead in to the main articles on the subject of changing experiences of work. It initially discusses some of the main concepts that have structured the debate in recent years, and then presents the framework of the issue. In contrast with the previous ‘industrial’ conception of work, which was a rather homogeneous experience for most workers, the current experience of work is characterised by the diversity among workers along three main axes: time, space and contractual regulation. It is along these three dimensions that the subsequent articles are structured. The article concludes with a summary of the main findings of these articles.

THE G77@50 AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A DECOLONIAL FUTURE

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Siphamandla Zondi
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Colonial Legacies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Good For

 This introductory article outlines the importance of the subject discussed in this edition of UNISA’s Latin American Report, the Group of 77+ China. It seeks to locate this discussion at the centre of the search for an alternative world to one that remains haunted by colonial legacies and new imperial designs. It makes the point that the G77 is born into an evolving pursuit of a dream for a world in which former colonies realise fully their aspirations for a future that is good for all. It shows that the G77 has played a crucial role in this, while it also poses questions about the Group’s ability to implement what it works so hard to reach consensus on.

scholarly journals Sustainability Requirements of Digital Twin-Based Systems: A Meta Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5519
Author(s):  
Rui Carvalho ◽  
Alberto Rodrigues da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Product Life Cycle ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Reducing Costs

Sustainable development was defined by the UN in 1987 as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, and this is a core concept in this paper. This work acknowledges the three dimensions of sustainability, i.e., economic, social, and environmental, but its focus is on this last one. A digital twin (DT) is frequently described as a physical entity with a virtual counterpart, and the data, connections between the two, implying the existence of connectors and blocks for efficient and effective data communication. This paper provides a meta systematic literature review (SLR) (i.e., an SLR of SLRs) regarding the sustainability requirements of DT-based systems. Numerous papers on the subject of DT were also selected because they cited the analyzed SLRs and were considered relevant to the purposes of this research. From the selection and analysis of 29 papers, several limitations and challenges were identified: the perceived benefits of DTs are not clearly understood; DTs across the product life cycle or the DT life cycle are not sufficiently studied; it is not clear how DTs can contribute to reducing costs or supporting decision-making; technical implementation of DTs must be improved and better integrated in the context of the IoT; the level of fidelity of DTs is not entirely evaluated in terms of their parameters, accuracy, and level of abstraction; and the ownership of data stored within DTs should be better understood. Furthermore, from our research, it was not possible to find a paper discussing DTs only in regard to environmental sustainability.

La sensazione e il vortice del sonno

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 385-397
Author(s):  
Tommaso Tuppini ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Night Time ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

We typically conceive of sensation as a residue of empiricism and idealism, both of which claim to reduce our experience to a sum of elementary data that the subject encounters. For Merleau-Ponty, sensation is none of these things: it defines our ability to let ourselves be solicited by the relief and questions of the world. What is sensed is not an inert datum but a gesture of existence that concerns me, invites me to correspond to it and follow it. When I respond to the invitations of what I sense, the connection between me and the world functions as the immobile axis around which the whirls of a whirlwind are formed. Whirlwind of sensation or whirlwind of sleep, because sensing is also made of a night time-space in which the connection with things seem to be broken. The inertia of sleep is whirling in its own way, just as the dynamism of sensation has its own condition of possibility in an immeasurable measure of apathy and indifference.

How Do We Think the Present? From Ontology of Contemporary Reality to Ontology without Being1

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Rockhill
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
New Era ◽  
Late Work ◽  
Critical Attitude ◽  
Time Space ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contemporary Reality

The opening chapter explores a philosophic question that reflexively sheds light on the orientation of the book as a whole: how can we write the history of the present? Against the backdrop of the more specific question of how to understand the present state of philosophy, it turns to the late work of Michel Foucault and his unique account of the ontology of actuality or of contemporary reality (ontologie de l’actualité). It carefully reconstitutes his concern with providing a historico-philosophical justification of his own project, which he situates in a trajectory that begins with the emergence of the ontology of actuality in the later Kant. It assesses the contemporary relevancy of his critique of historical periodization and his redefinition of modernity in terms of a critical attitude. Given the apparent contradiction between his rejection of periodic history and his identification of a new era of historical thought, the chapter goes on to suggest that an alternative logic of history—founded on the three dimensions of time, space and social practice—would allow us to completely reformulate the way in which we think the present.

Social Reconstruction by Replacing Interest Rates with Trade Instruments

2013 ◽  
pp. 248-283
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
World System ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Social Reconstruction ◽  
Ethical Policy ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Process Learning ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Unity Of Knowledge

The way to replace interest rates in economic, financial, and social issues by using trade-related instruments is formally developed in great detail. The world-system meaning of unity of knowledge derived from the episteme and applied to the complementarities of the Mind-Matter universe of three dimensions, namely knowledge-time-space, is formalized. Methods of the measurements underlying such conceptual ideas are introduced. This takes us to the field of circular causation and its implications around statistical “estimation” and “simulation.” The simulation results are followed by ethical, policy, and institutional implications. Many equilibrium results, devised now in the evolutionary world-system of process learning, are formalized and presented.

Quattro viaggi nel tempo, rimanendo in città: cronotopi nella narrativa brasiliana contemporanea

2021 ◽  
pp. 389-396
Author(s):  
Maria Caterina Pincherle
Keyword(s):  
Space And Time ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Subject

If the concept of time-space, associated to the travel, usually refers to a space-temporal changing from a subject, the aim of this work is to reflect on the possibility to use the same concept for a different process, that involves space and time in other positions regarding to the subject, or else the physical immobility and the research during the time. In the last years some famous Brazilian novels deal not only with actual themes, but they find again their present origins in places cancelled by the urban palimpsest: the senzalas and the slavery live again in the echos of very different works as Becos da memória by Conceição Evaristo (2006), Passageiro do fim do dia by Rubens Figueiredo (2010), and O amor dos homens avulsos by Victor Heringer (2016).

scholarly journals The Role of Empathy in Health and Social Care Professionals

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Moudatsou ◽  
Areti Stavropoulou ◽  
Anastas Philalithis ◽  
Sofia Koukouli
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Current Article ◽  
The Subject

The current article is an integrative and analytical literature review on the concept and meaning of empathy in health and social care professionals. Empathy, i.e., the ability to understand the personal experience of the patient without bonding with them, constitutes an important communication skill for a health professional, one that includes three dimensions: the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral. It has been proven that health professionals with high levels of empathy operate more efficiently as to the fulfillment of their role in eliciting therapeutic change. The empathetic professional comprehends the needs of the health care users, as the latter feel safe to express the thoughts and problems that concern them. Although the importance of empathy is undeniable, a significantly high percentage of health professionals seem to find it difficult to adopt a model of empathetic communication in their everyday practice. Some of the factors that negatively influence the development of empathy are the high number of patients that professionals have to manage, the lack of adequate time, the focus on therapy within the existing academic culture, but also the lack of education in empathy. Developing empathetic skills should not only be the underlying objective in the teaching process of health and social care undergraduate students, but also the subject of the lifelong and continuous education of professionals.

scholarly journals Smart campus tools 2.0 exploring the use of real-time space use measurement at universities and organizations

Facilities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Valks ◽  
Monique Arkesteijn ◽  
Alexandra Den Heijer
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Information Costs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Energy Footprint ◽  
Smart Campus ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Real Estate Management ◽  
Dutch Universities

Purpose The purpose of this study is to generate knowledge about the use of smart campus tools to improve the effective and efficient use of campuses. Many universities are facing a challenge in attuning their accommodation to organisational demand. How can universities invest their resources as effectively as possible and not in space that will be poorly utilized? The hypothesis of this paper is that by using smart campus tools, this problem can be solved. Design/methodology/approach To answer the research question, previous survey at 13 Dutch universities was updated and compared with a survey of various universities and other organizations. The survey consisted of interviews with structured and semi-structured questions, which resulted in a unified output for 27 cases. Findings Based on the output of the cases, the development of smart campus tools at Dutch universities was compared to that of international universities and other organizations. Furthermore, the data collection led to insights regarding the reasons for initiating smart campus tools, user and management information, costs and benefits and foreseen developments. Originality/value Although the use of smart tools in practice has gained significant momentum in the past few years, research on the subject is still very technology-oriented and not well-connected to facility management and real estate management. This paper provides an overview of the ways in which universities and organizations are currently supporting their users, improving the use of their buildings and reducing their energy footprint through the use of smart tools.

Kinematic Analysis of Spherical Four-Bar Linkages via the Inflection Cubic and Thales Ellipse

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Figliolini ◽  
Jorge Angeles
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Kinematic Analysis ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Unique Point ◽  
Planar Case ◽  
Acceleration Vector ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Four Bar Linkage ◽  
Spherical Motion

The subject of this paper is the formulation of a specific algorithm for the kinematic analysis of spherical four-bar linkages via the inflection spherical cubic and spherical Thales ellipse by devoting particular attention to the crossed four-bar linkage (anti-parallelogram). Moreover, both the inflection and the elliptic cones, which represent the equivalent of the Bresse cylinders of the planar case in three-dimensions, are obtained by showing the particular properties of the spherical motion in terms of the curvature of a coupler curve and both the velocity and acceleration vector fields. Of special interest are also the cases in which the three acceleration poles coincide at one unique point or in two plus one, which depends on the intersections of two spherical curves of third and second degree.

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