Critical resource needs in the geoscience profession: Geoscience student‐to‐professional transitions

The main objective of this paper is to show how oral literature is engaged by Swazis with regards to environmental sustainability. It demonstrates the relationship between nature and culture as reflected in Swazi oral literature and how indigenous knowledge embedded in this literature can be used to expand the concepts of eco-literature and eco-criticism. The paper argues that the indigenous environmental expertise among the Swazi people, encapsulated in their oral literature, can serve as a critical resource base for the process of developing a healthy environment. Furthermore, the paper contends that eco-criticism, which is essentially a Western concept, can benefit by drawing inspiration from the indigenous knowledge contained in Swazi culture and expressed in their oral literature. The paper concludes by recommending the need to strengthen traditional and customary knowledge and practices by protecting and recognising the values of such systems in the conservation of biodiversity for sustainable development.

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Emergency Manager Perceptions of the Effectiveness and Limitations of Mass Notification Systems: A Mixed Method Study

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management ◽

10.1515/jhsem-2019-0070 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

William V. Pelfrey

Keyword(s):

Text Messaging ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Notification System ◽

Emergency Managers ◽

Emergency Manager ◽

Wide Variability ◽

Manager Perceptions ◽

Critical Resource ◽

Multi Method Approach ◽

Method Approach

AbstractDisasters can move quickly. Effective communication is a critical resource that can significantly enhance public safety. A mass notification system (MNS) uses text messaging to inform constituents of crisis, provide recommendations, connect to resources, and has the advantage of speed. Limited research has been conducted on the variables that influence the effectiveness, utilization, and perceptions of MNS. The extant study employs a multi-method approach to advance the scholarly knowledge on MNS. All emergency managers in a state were surveyed on issues of MNS enrollment, utilization, and brand. A subgroup of emergency managers were then interviewed to provide depth to the survey findings. Key findings indicate wide variability in MNS usage, little relationship between population size and enrollment, and a high perceived importance of MNS as a communication modality. Policy implications and recommendations are offered.

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Legal Expertise: A Critical Resource for Trade Unionists? Insights into the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail

Industrial Law Journal ◽

10.1093/indlaw/dwaa025 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Cécile Guillaume

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Collective Bargaining ◽

Trade Union ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Institutional Power ◽

Collective Redress ◽

Critical Resource ◽

The Law ◽

Legal Expertise

Abstract Based on in-depth qualitative research conducted in one of the major French trade unions (the CFDT), this article explores to what extent and under what conditions trade unions adopt different legal practices to further their members’ interests. In particular, it investigates how ‘legal framing’ has taken an increasingly pervasive place in trade union work, in increasingly decentralised industrial relations contexts, such as France. This article therefore argues that the use of the law has become a multifaceted and embedded repertoire of action for the CFDT in its attempt to consolidate its institutional power through various strategies, including collective redress and the use of legal expertise in collective bargaining and representation work.

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IGD: high-performance search for large-scale genomic interval datasets

Bioinformatics ◽

10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa1062 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jianglin Feng ◽

Nathan C Sheffield

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Large Scale ◽

Interval Data ◽

Scale Analysis ◽

Genome Database ◽

Genomic Interval ◽

Critical Resource ◽

Genomic Regions ◽

Genome Projects

Abstract Summary Databases of large-scale genome projects now contain thousands of genomic interval datasets. These data are a critical resource for understanding the function of DNA. However, our ability to examine and integrate interval data of this scale is limited. Here, we introduce the integrated genome database (IGD), a method and tool for searching genome interval datasets more than three orders of magnitude faster than existing approaches, while using only one hundredth of the memory. IGD uses a novel linear binning method that allows us to scale analysis to billions of genomic regions. Availability https://github.com/databio/IGD

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Knowledge Management Practices for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Challenge for Business Education

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13052956 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 2956

Author(s):

Tomas Cherkos Kassaneh ◽

Ettore Bolisani ◽

Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain ◽

Business Managers ◽

Environmentally Sustainable ◽

Critical Resource ◽

Knowledge Management Practices ◽

Future Business

In the last decades, business competition has been increasingly among supply chains (SCs) rather than individual firms. Today, considering the challenges of environmental, social, and economic sustainability, it is becoming even more vital to coordinate and co-manage company resources, activities, and innovative efforts at the SC level. Consequently, knowledge, which is a critical resource for companies, needs to be managed properly not only in single firms but also across SCs. For the education of business managers, this implies a double challenge: first, to make students and future executives become aware of the knowledge management (KM) practices that can be adopted; second, to facilitate the assimilation of these practices for the effective management of SCs, to ensure higher economic and environmentally sustainable performances. Standard definitions and classifications can be of great help, but the current studies are very fragmented. This study contributes by exploring the literature and examining the KM practices that are proposed and defined by the different authors. A systematic review and a descriptive analysis of selected papers showed the trend and focus of papers in the KM and SC fields. In addition, based on the definitions and classifications drawn from the literature, this paper discusses a possible systematization of the key KM practices in SCs. The major contribution of this paper is the effort of re-definition and re-classification of KM practices and their potential importance for effective and sustainable SC management. This analysis can be especially useful for organizing KM courses targeted to current and future business managers.

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Mission-Critical Resource Allocation With Puncturing in Industrial Wireless Networks Under Mixed Services

IEEE Access ◽

10.1109/access.2021.3056202 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 21870-21880

Author(s):

Weichen Ning ◽

Ying Wang ◽

Man Liu ◽

Yuanbin Chen ◽

Xue Wang

Keyword(s):

Resource Allocation ◽

Wireless Networks ◽

Industrial Wireless Networks ◽

Critical Resource ◽

Mission Critical ◽

Mixed Services

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Recounting the Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas of KwaZulu-Natal from Information and Knowledge in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era

Libri ◽

10.1515/libri-2019-0197 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Glenrose Jiyane

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

The Body ◽

Non Profit ◽

Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Critical Resource

Abstract The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) marks the new, advanced era of development in humankind, and globally countries are in the process of ensuring their citizenry’s readiness. In South Africa, various governmental departments, organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and non-profit organisations (NPOs) are making efforts, through their plans, talks and actions, to attain this status for all her people, particularly women in rural areas. However, the development of women in the rural areas for empowerment remains a concern in developing countries. Consequently, there is a dire need to ensure the developmental status for women in rural areas in the advent of the 4IR, and this paper seeks to demonstrate that information and knowledge may be instrumental in empowering women in rural areas to strive in the 4IR. Accordingly, information and knowledge are a critical resource contributing to the empowerment of women in rural areas for their development. An exploratory question is raised to determine whether South Africa is ready for Fourth Industrial Revolution. The outcome of this paper will contribute to the body of knowledge advocating the importance of information and knowledge in the empowerment of women in rural areas. Significantly, it will generate insights for policymakers on the important role of information and knowledge for women’s development.

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Excessive Ties in Entrepreneurship Can Hurt: How Excess Entrepreneurial Ties Bring Negative Effects to the Firm

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/21582440211025533 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 215824402110255

Author(s):

Lijun Xu ◽

Yun Zhu ◽

Chuanyang Ruan ◽

Weijin Shi

Keyword(s):

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Social Ties ◽

Entrepreneurial Firms ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Environmental Complexity ◽

Entrepreneurial Performance ◽

Firm Outcomes ◽

Critical Resource ◽

Curvilinear Effect

Entrepreneurial ties are a critical resource for development and survival of entrepreneurial firms; however, the mechanism of how entrepreneurial ties affect entrepreneurial performance remains unclear. This study advances existing research on social ties and entrepreneurship through investigating how entrepreneurial ties exert a curvilinear impact on entrepreneurial performance via absorptive capacity, and the curvilinear effect of entrepreneurial ties is contingent on environmental complexity. The present study uses a dyadic dataset of 223 entrepreneurs from creativity industries in China to examine hypotheses. The results show that entrepreneurs’ ties have an inverted U-shaped impact on entrepreneurial performance. We also partially find that this inverted U-shaped relationship is mediated by absorptive capacity. Finally, we also find that this inverted U-shaped relationship is steeper when environmental complexity is high, and this inverted U-shaped relationship turns into an almost positive linear when environmental complexity is low. Overall, these results contribute to a deeper understanding of how and when entrepreneurial ties lead to a curvilinear impact on firm outcomes.

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