Evaluation of dengue control program: critical issues and the population's perception: a case study in a Brazilian Northeast town

Public controversies have attracted increasing attention in the organization studies literature. They emerge when critical issues are not defined and understood in the same way by different stakeholders, influencing the way they evaluate the worth of other actors, objects, and situations. In this paper, we show how the “orders of worth” perspective of Boltanski and Thévenot may throw light on the evolution of an evaluation process occurring during a public controversy. In particular, we study the Quebec student conflict of 2011 and 2012 that followed a proposed major increase in higher education tuition fees. We conducted an in-depth case study based on media coverage of the actions and discourses of the major actors to examine how objects and actions associated with a controversy are successively defined, redefined, and evaluated over time through a series of tests of worth. Our article contributes to the organizational literature on public controversies by drawing attention to the role of six types of evaluative moves in situations of controversy, and by offering an abductively developed model for understanding the evaluation process as it evolves over time. We suggest that actors, through these evaluative moves, may displace the object of a test, and therefore the foci for evaluation, through actions intended to bolster their positions.

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AVALIAÇÕES DE RISCO EM BARRAGENS: ESTUDO DE CASO DA BARRAGEM MALCOZINHADO NO NORDESTE BRASILEIRO

REEC - Revista Eletrônica de Engenharia Civil ◽

10.5216/reec.v14i1.46356 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mariana Campos Fontenelle ◽

Alexandre de Sousa Fontenelle ◽

Yago Machado Pereira de Matos ◽

Fernando Feitosa Monteiro

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Water Resources ◽

Water Resources Management ◽

The State ◽

Management Company ◽

Resources Management ◽

Hazard And Risk ◽

Hazard Level ◽

Brazilian Northeast

RESUMO: O presente trabalho tem a proposta de avaliar a eficácia de duas metodologias de avaliação de risco de uma barragem no Nordeste Brasileiro no intervalo de 10 anos, baseando-se na inspeção e no nível de ameaça. Utiliza-se a metodologia Nível de Perigo da Barragem (NPB) para cálculo do nível de ameaça (Fontenelle, 2007) e para o cálculo do risco as metodologias da Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos do Ceará (COGERH) e do Conselho Nacional de Recursos Hídricos (CNRH). Observa-se que o crescente número de barragens soma-se a preocupação com a segurança destas. Face a isto, utiliza-se a avaliação de risco como forma de priorizar ações de manutenção e recuperação. O estudo de caso ocorreu na Barragem Malcozinhado, localizada no município de Cascavel, no estado do Ceará. Com base na inspeção, calcula-se o nível de ameaça e o risco, compara-se estes com os resultados de 2006. Assim, observou-se o aumento no nível de ameaça, no entanto, o risco permaneceu, em geral, baixo, semelhante aos resultados de 2006. Este resultado se deve ao fato de que o número de anomalias aumentou, porém trata-se de uma barragem jovem, de pequeno porte e inspecionada regularmente.ABSTRACT: The present study has the proposal of evaluating the effectiveness of two methodologies of risk Assessment of a Brazilian Northeast dam in a range of 10 years, based on the inspection and the level of hazard. The methodology used for calculating the hazard level is the Dam Hazard Level (NPB). In addiction, in order to evaluate the risk is used the methodology of the Water Resources Management Company of Ceará (COGERH) and the methodology of National Resources Council Water (CNRH). The number of dams is increasing with to the concern for their safety. In view of this, risk assessment is used as a tool to prioritizing maintenance and recovery actions. The case study occurred in the Malcozinhado Dam, located in the municipality of Cascavel, in the state of Ceará. Based on the inspection, the level of hazard and risk is calculated, compared to the results for 2006. Thus, the increase in the level of hazard was observed, but the risk remained generally low, similar to 2006 result. This result is due to the fact that the number of anomalies has increased, but it is a young, small and regularly inspected dam.

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Critical Issues for Investment Control of BT Project From the Perspective of Project Governance: the Case Study of a Metro Project

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation 2015 ◽

10.2991/iccet-15.2015.116 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Ling Yan ◽

Q X Ding ◽

Min Yan

Keyword(s):

Investment Control ◽

Project Governance ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Metro Project

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Relative Deprivation, Identity Politics and the Neo-Biafran Movement in Nigeria: Critical Issues of Nation-Building in a Postcolonial African State

International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ◽

10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.66.73 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 66 ◽

pp. 73-80

Author(s):

Remi Chukwudi Okeke

Keyword(s):

West Africa ◽

Identity Politics ◽

Relative Deprivation ◽

African State ◽

Nation Building ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Postcolonial State ◽

Critical Issues ◽

The Relationship

This study examines the linkages between relative deprivation and identity politics in a postcolonial state. It further investigates the relationship among these variables and nation-building challenges in the postcolony. It is a case study of the Nigerian state in West Africa, which typically harbours the attributes of postcoloniality and indeed, large measures of relative deprivation in her sociopolitical and economic affairs. The study is also an interrogation of the neo-Biafran agitations in Nigeria. It has been attempted in the study to offer distinctive explanations over the problematique of nation-building in the postcolonial African state of Nigeria, using relative deprivation, identity politics and the neo-Biafran movement as variables. In framing the study’s theoretical trajectories and in historicizing the background of the research, ample resort has been made to a significant range of qualitative secondary sources. A particularly salient position of the study is that it will actually be difficult to locate on the planet, any group of people whose subsequent generations (in perpetuity) would wear defeat on the war front, as part of their essential identity. Hence, relative deprivation was found to be more fundamental than identity politics in the neo-Biafran agitations in Nigeria. However, the compelling issues were found to squarely border on nation-building complications in the postcolony.

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Advanced Robotics as a Support in Healthcare Organizational Response. A COVID-19 Pandemic case

Healthcare Management Forum ◽

10.1177/08404704211042467 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 084047042110424

Author(s):

Marcin Bartosiak ◽

Gianni Bonelli ◽

Lorenzo Stefano Maffioli ◽

Ugo Palaoro ◽

Francesco Dentali ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Emergency Response ◽

Autonomous Robots ◽

Organizational Response ◽

Personal Protection ◽

Healthcare Staff ◽

Personal Protection Equipment ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Advanced Robotics ◽

The Relationship

The use of robotics is becoming widespread in healthcare. However, little is known about how robotics can affect the relationship with patients in epidemic emergency response or how it impacts clinicians in their organization and work. As a hospital responding to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic “ASST dei Sette Laghi” (A7L) in Varese, Italy, had to react quickly to protect its staff from infection while coping with high budgetary pressure as prices of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) increased rapidly. In response, it introduced six semi-autonomous robots to mediate interactions between staff and patients. Thanks to the cooperation of multiple departments, A7L implemented the solution in less than 10 weeks. It reduced risks to staff and outlay for PPE. However, the characteristics of the robots affected their perception by healthcare staff. This case study reviews critical issues faced by A7L in introducing these devices and recommendations for the path forward.

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CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS AND CHAGAS' DISEASE: A CASE STUDY IN THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST

Ciências da saúde: conceitos e perspectivas ◽

10.35587/brj.ed.0000233 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 615-628

Author(s):

Yankee Costa Magalhães Diniz ◽

Eudes Alves Simões Neto ◽

Maria Rosa Quaresma Bomfim ◽

Patrícia Cristina Ribeiro Conceição ◽

Raimunda Ribeiro da Silva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Chagas Disease ◽

Brazilian Northeast

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