scholarly journals Peripheralisation: The Missing Link in Dealing with Demographic Change?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Leibert ◽  
Sophie Golinski
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Change ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Spatial Process ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Impact

Demographic change is an uneven spatial process in Germany. Depopulation and ageing have become pressing issues in most rural regions. In connection with low population densities and the financial difficulties of municipalities and service providers in rural regions, these demographic trends have led to a discussion about the future provision of services of general interest and – more broadly – the postulate of equal living conditions which was for a long time the basic principle of spatial development in Germany. In this paper, we argue that the peripheralisation approach is a helpful tool to better understand how interaction of out-migration, dependence, disconnection and stigmatisation shape the future of rural regions. We also discuss the impact of peripheralisation on the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. Based on the 3R-model (retrenchment, repositioning, reorganisation), we argue that adaptation strategies can reinforce (retrenchment) peripheralisation processes, but also serve as groundwork for the formulation of policies aiming at de-peripheralisation.

scholarly journals Translator Education at a Crossroads:the Impact of Automation

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Begoña Rodríguez de Céspedes
Keyword(s):  
Machine Translation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Translation Tools ◽  
Technological Competence ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Translator Education

Abstract Automation is affecting all spheres of our daily lives and humans are adapting both to the challenges that it poses and the benefits that it brings. The translation profession has also experienced the impact of new technologies with Language Service Providers adapting to changes (Presas/Cid-Leal/Torres-Hostench 2016; Sakamoto/Rodríguez de Céspedes/Evans/Berthaud 2017). Translation trainers are not oblivious to this phenomenon. There have indeed been efforts to incorporate the teaching of digital translation tools and new technologies in the translation classroom (Doherty/Kenny/Way 2012; Doherty/Moorkens 2013; Austermühl 2013; O’Hagan 2013; Gaspari/Almaghout/Doherty 2015; Moorkens 2017) and many translation programmes in Europe are adapting their curricula to incorporate this necessary technological competence (Rothwell/Svoboda 2017). This paper reflects on the impact that automation and, more specifically machine translation and computer assisted tools, have and will have on the future training of translators and on the balance given by translation companies to language and technological skills.

scholarly journals Analysis of the competitiveness of pipeline maintenance service providers in oil wells in the state of Tabasco

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ismael Adrián GARCÍA-CANCINO ◽  
Leticia LOPEZ-VALDIVIESO ◽  
Hortensia ELISEO-DANTÉS ◽  
Juana María MOREJÓN-SÁNCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Context Variables ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Culture Of Quality

In the industrial sector, it is important that companies have a high profitability, with strategies for the provision of services or product development that meet or exceed the demands of the market, this is called competitiveness. Maintaining a holistic approach within organizations requires the analysis and measurement of context variables, as well as the implementation of a culture of quality and continuous improvement. In the oil industry, well pipeline maintenance services are activities of the utmost importance to keep the energy sector productive, therefore it is important that companies engaged in this area be competitive. This study analyzes the impact of context variables on the competitiveness of companies that provide maintenance services to oil well pipelines, seeking that in a comprehensive manner and on the basis of the results obtained, determine the relationship they have with respect to their competitiveness, to propose improvement strategies that lead companies to evolve towards states of improvement with levels of competitiveness that allow them to position themselves at world-class levels.

The role of collective angst during and after a service failure

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amro A. Maher ◽  
Rana Sobh
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Service Failure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Viability ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the role of collective angst, the concern about the future viability of one’s group, during service failure and recovery. Design/methodology/approach – To test this objective the authors utilize an experiment to examine how Kuwaitis react to service failures when the front-line employee is a foreigner. Findings – The results indicate that collective angst is associated with greater anger following a service failure. The authors also find that collective angst moderates the impact of cultural distance on anger and recommendation intentions following a service-failure recovery attempt. More specifically, cultural distance leads to greater anger and lower intentions to recommend a service establishment for consumers that experience greater collective angst. Originality/value – The research provides the first attempt at examining how local consumers react to foreigner service providers, by examining how concern about the future vitality of one’s national group, in other words collective angst, affects such reactions.

scholarly journals DAMPAK SOSIAL EKONOMI TEMPAT PEMBUANGAN AKHIR (TPA) BAGI PEMULUNG DESA MRICAN PONOROGO

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Muhamad Siregar Slamet ◽  
Robby Darwis Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Future Period ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Growth in population and settlements in Ponorogo resulted more garbage. Landfill in Mrican is located adjacent to the residential area. This gives rise to various impacts. Analysis of the impacts on socio-economic is needed. The analysis has been carried out to reduce the risk of  landfills. This study aims to: (i) analyze the impact of landfills on scavengers, (ii) analyze the efforts of scavengers on the impacts caused by landfills. This research used a qualitative  methods with a fenomenology approach. Collecting data and information related to the impact of landfills on scavengers and waste adaptation strategies to these impacts is carried out by observation, in-depth interviews and literature studies. Data analysis used descriptive qualitative techniques. Result  showed that Mrican landfills provide job opportunities, supplementing income for daily needs and education costs. Parents who has involved children to scavenge can hamper children's education. Scavengers in meeting the needs of clean water is to consume PDAM water. While the future period of effort in maintaining the life of scavengers is to add a side business that is by farming and raising livestock. Pertumbuhan jumlah penduduk dan permukiman di Kota Ponorogo mengakibatkan jumlah sampah semakin banyak. Fakta menunjukkan bahwa tempat pembuangan akhir sampah di Mrican terletak berdampingan dengan kawasan permukiman. Hal ini menimbulkan berbagai dampak sehingga dibutuhkan analisis mengenai dampak terhadap sosial ekonomi. Analisis dilakukan untuk mengurangi resiko yang ditimbulkan dari keberadaan tempat pembuangan akhir sampah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (i) menganalisis dampak tempat pembuangan akhir sampah terhadap pemulung, (ii) menganalisis upaya pemulung terhadap dampak yang ditimbulkan oleh tempat pembuangan akhir sampah. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Pengumpulan data dan informasi terkait dampak tempat pembuangan akhir sampah terhadap pemulung serta strategi adaptasi pemulung terhadap dampak tersebut dilakukan dengan teknik observasi, wawancara mendalam dan studi literatur. Analisis data menggunakan teknik deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tempat pembuangan akhir sampah Mrican memberi peluang kerja, menambah penghasilan untuk kebutuhan sehari-hari dan biaya pendidikan. Orang tua yang melibatkan anak untuk memulung dapat menghambat pendidikan anak. Pemulung memanfaatkan air PDAM di sekitar tempat tinggalnya untuk pemenuhan kebutuhan air bersih. Upaya jangka waktu ke depan dalam mempertahankan kehidupan pemulung dilakukan dengan bekerja sampingan yaitu dengan bercocok tanam dan beternak.

scholarly journals The days Argentina stood still. History, nation and imaginable futures in the public interpretations of the Argentine crisis at the beginning of the twenty-first century

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (52) ◽  
pp. 311-341
Author(s):  
Sergio E. Visacovsky
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
First Century ◽  
General Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Historical Specificity ◽  
Twenty First Century

Abstract This article is focused on public interpretations of the Argentine “crisis” at the beginning of the twenty-first century as necessary conditions for the constitution of the event. Such interpretations held that Argentina was dominated by a kind of evil force originated a long time ago, but whose effects persisted in the present. And, unless it was conjured once and for all, it would remain active and damaging in the future. Thus, the “crisis” was seen as an episode of the continuous failures. Based on opinion pieces or leading articles in newspapers and general interest and political magazines, academic articles and books, I want to show how the imagination of possible futures depended on the conceptions of temporalities implicit in the interpretations embedded in narratives and different valuations of events, figures and ideas. These gave historical specificity to the event and led to the emergence of new scenarios for political action.

Global warming and skiing: analysis of the future of skiing in the Aosta valley

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello Joly ◽  
Elena Irina Ungureanu
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Tourism ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Ski Resorts ◽  
New Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of global warming and climate change on skiing by assessing the costs that ski resorts would have to bear to address the lack of snow. In this way, new development models can be hypothesized for the regional economy in the Aosta Valley, territory located in the West Alps, whose economy is largely based on winter tourism. Design/methodology/approach Starting with a literature review regarding global warming and its effects on the Alps, a methodology of analysis has been implemented to assess the relative weaknesses of ski resorts. Additional costs in adaptation strategies have been considered in the light of a major choice ski resorts must face: investing or not. For this analysis, four scenarios of global warming have been taken into consideration. Findings The lack of snow due to a rise in temperatures will have a big impact on regional ski resorts and will seriously threaten the economy of small lateral valleys. In this scenario, it is important to think about reorganizing the regional ski supply by focusing on stations with better economic results and those strategically well located. In this way, we can safeguard winter tourism in the region and preserve skiing by concentrating costs only in those resorts that are also able to bear new cost adaptation strategies. Originality/value The value of this paper is its estimation of the future impact of a rise in the average temperature in regional ski resorts. This impact is assessed in relation to concerns about the reduction of the skiing area and the new costs that ski companies will need to bear. The paper also proposes a new model for the reorganization of the ski supply in the Aosta Valley.

scholarly journals Discrimination Against First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs in Manitoba: The Case of Pinaymootang First Nation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luna Vives ◽  
Vandna Sinha
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Language Therapy ◽  
Indigenous Leadership ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
The Impact

First Nations children face systemic barriers in their access to health, education, and social services ordinarily available to other Canadian children. This article summarizes the findings of a research project initiated by, and carried out in partnership with, Pinaymootang First Nation, Manitoba between 2015 and 2017. Through this partnership, we were able to document the routine delays, denials, and disruptions of services that Pinaymootang children with special healthcare needs experienced. We further described the impact that this discrimination had on children and their caregivers. Here, we consider three specific service areas: medical services (primary and specialized), allied health services (e.g., language therapy), and additional care services (e.g., medication). Our findings are drawn from formal and informal interviews with Indigenous, provincial, and federal service providers; Indigenous leadership; and caregivers of Pinaymootang children with special healthcare needs. Based on this information, we argue that discrimination is pervasive, rooted in Canada’s colonial history, and actualized through three main instruments: administration of policies regulating the provision of services to First Nations populations living on reserve, chronic underfunding of services targeting this population, and geographic isolation (i.e., distance from a service hub). The article concludes with nine recommendations prepared by the project’s advisory committee for future policy aiming to eliminate the discrimination First Nations children with special healthcare needs experience by way of fully (and meaningfully) implementing Jordan’s Principle in Canada.

scholarly journals Impact of the gate-keeping policies of China’s primary healthcare model on the future burden of tuberculosis in China: a protocol for a mathematical modelling study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. e048449
Author(s):  
Xinyi You ◽  
Jing Gu ◽  
Dong Roman Xu ◽  
Shanshan Huang ◽  
Hao Xue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Deterministic Model ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Gate Keeping ◽  
Incident Cases ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionIn the past three decades, China has made great strides in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). However, the TB burden remains high. In 2019, China accounted for 8.4% of global incident cases of TB, the third highest in the world, with a higher prevalence in rural areas. The Healthy China 2030 highlights the gate-keeping role of primary healthcare (PHC). However, the impact of PHC reforms on the future TB burden is unclear. We propose to use mathematical models to project and evaluate the impacts of different gate-keeping policies.Methods and analysisWe will develop a deterministic, population-level, compartmental model to capture the dynamics of TB transmission within adult rural population. The model will incorporate seven main TB statuses, and each compartment will be subdivided by service providers. The parameters involving preference for healthcare seeking will be collected using discrete choice experiment (DCE) method. We will solve the deterministic model numerically over a 20-year (2021–2040) timeframe and predict the TB prevalence, incidence and cumulative new infections under the status quo or various policy scenarios. We will also conduct an analysis following standard protocols to calculate the average cost-effectiveness for each policy scenario relative to the status quo. A numerical calibration analysis against the available published TB prevalence data will be performed using a Bayesian approach.Ethics and disseminationMost of the data or parameters in the model will be obtained based on secondary data (eg, published literature and an open-access data set). The DCE survey has been reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University. The approval number is SYSU [2019]140. Results of the study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals, media and conference presentations.

Emerging Technologies and their Impact on the Future of Tourism and Hospitality Industry

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Usable Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Impact

The evolution in technology has become now a strategic choice to develop every organization and its existence in the future. The tourism industry is not an exception. This study highlights the development of technologies and the impact of their integration in the field of tourism. Furthermore, it discusses their influence on the quality of the touristic products. This study focuses on how does the emerging technology can improve the tourism industry, and the most usable information systems that are used in this domain. The purposed model has been designed to investigate the effect of adopting the technology among tourism agencies. A sample of 72 tourism agencies in Jordan has been surveyed and discussed by using structural equation modeling. The results reveal that efficiency, productivity, profitability, effectiveness, and marketing are improved after employing new technologies. Therefore, it can be concluded that the integration of technology in tourism is unavoidable for the continued existence of service providers in the market.

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