scholarly journals Structural Design of a Composite Trimaran

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (Special edition 2) ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
Stipe Plenča ◽  
Albert Zamarin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Structure Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Rear Wing ◽  
Sea Transportation ◽  
Computer Structure ◽  
Lightweight Structure

This paper presents a project of a composite trimaran structure, designed and built for competing at the Hydro Contest 2016 competition at Geneva Lake. Concept of the contest is to raise the awareness of tomorrow’s engineers, industrialists, opinion leaders and the public of what is at stake with regard to energy efficiency in the sea transportation of goods and passengers. In addition, to be the laboratory of tomorrow’s boats, particularly enabling the most innovative ideas to be developed in collaboration with the industrial partners. Designed boats must have technological innovations enabling them to achieve the most efficient use of energy. Therefore, the goal was to design, construct lightweight structure, within simple closed rules, with a satisfactory stiffens, and strength as well as to strive for more efficient transport, which means higher speed with minimal energy consumption. An analysis of project variants was made with regard to the hull shape, material, and technology of the fabrication and for the adopted variant, a computer structure model was developed, and the FEA was carried out. The structure is divided into three main sections analysed individually: hulls, front wing and rear wing along with rudder. Calculation was made for the worst load case, i.e. mass transfer, while wings were analysed at the highest advancing speed. The boat has structurally met all requirements since there were no structural problems in testing and competing.

scholarly journals Implementasi Model Komunikasi Kesehatan melalui Penyebaran Informasi Jaminan Kesehatan Masyarakat Jawa Barat

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Agus Rahmat ◽  
Susi Perbawasari ◽  
Feliza Zubair ◽  
Aang Koswara
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Main Channel ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Stream ◽  
The Government

Every behavior is based on knowledge, therefore the success of public health insurance (Jamkesmas) program conduct by the government for poor community require communication and socialization of the program, through various existing channels. How health communication model implemented by the government in order to disseminate Jamkesmas information particularly in West Java region? The purpose of this research is to discover the direction of information stream in socialization of Jamkesmas program, through quantitative approach. In addition, sampling use multistage cluster sampling with 180 respondents. The result of the research shows that interpersonal communication with formal opinion leaders act as the main channel for poor community to obtain information. It means that the public target for strengthening or success of Jamkesmas socialization is opinion leaders such as head of the neighborhood or local community and cadres.

scholarly journals Stings and Scams: ‘Fake News,’ the First Amendment, and the New Activist Journalism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Dorf ◽  
Sidney Tarrow
Keyword(s):  
First Amendment ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Planned Parenthood ◽  
Investigative Reporting ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sting Operation

Constitutional law, technological innovations, and the rise of a cultural “right to know” have recently combined to yield “fake news,” as illustrated by an anti-abortion citizen-journalist sting operation that scammed Planned Parenthood. We find that the First Amendment, as construed by the Supreme Court, offers scant protection for activist journalists to go undercover to uncover wrongdoing, while providing substantial protection for the spread of falsehoods. By providing activists the means to reach sympathetic slices of the public, the emergence of social media has returned journalism to its roots in political activism, at the expense of purportedly objective and truthful investigative reporting. But the rise of “truthiness” — that is, falsehoods with the ring of truth, diffused through new forms of communication — threatens the integrity of the media. How to respond to these contradictions is a growing problem for advocates of free speech and liberal values more generally.

scholarly journals The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the performance of street level bureaucrats in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Spanghero Lotta ◽  
Giordano Morangueira Magri ◽  
Ana Carolina Nunes ◽  
Beatriz Soares Benedito ◽  
Claudio Aliberti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Street Level ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Street Level Bureaucrats ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Government Level

Abstract: Dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic requires that the State make hard decisions that involve the action of bureaucrats who interact with the population through the implementation of public policy, the street-level bureaucracy (SLB). In this paper, based on a mixed- method exploratory study, we analyze how the daily performance of street-level bureaucrats in different policy areas- health and social care, access to the justice system, public security and education - has changed during the pandemic. We also explore the repercussions of those changes. Based on the analysis of the perceptions of bureaucrats, changes in their work and in their relationship with the public, we identify three categories that illustrate the dynamics of SLB work during the pandemic: the SLB who faces the crisis on the front lines; the SLB who suffers the effects of the pandemic, but whose work does not require her to face it directly; and the SLB who began to work remotely. We conclude that, during the pandemic, SLB suffered in varying degrees an aggravation of structural problems, such as their removal from decision-making processes - now restricted to the highest government level - and the exacerbation of already existing conflicts and ambiguities.

What about psychiatrists' attitude to mentally ill people?

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 423-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Lauber ◽  
Marion Anthony ◽  
Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross ◽  
Wulf Rössler
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Closeness

AbstractObjectiveFirstly, to assess and, secondly, to compare experts' and lay attitudes towards community psychiatry and the respective social distance towards mentally ill people.MethodComparison of two representative Swiss samples, one comprising of 90 psychiatrists, the other including 786 individuals of the general population.ResultsThe psychiatrists' attitude was significantly more positive than that of the general population although both samples have a positive attitude to community psychiatry. The statement that mental health facilities devalue a residential area has revealed most agreement. Psychiatrists and the public do not differ in their social distance to mentally ill people. Among both samples, the level of social distance increases the more the situation described implies ‘social closeness’.ConclusionThe strategy to use psychiatrists as role models or opinion leaders in anti-stigma campaigns cannot be realised without accompanying actions. Psychiatrists must be aware that their attitudes do not differ from the general public and, thus, they should improve their knowledge about stigma and discrimination towards people with mental illnesses.

Online Opinion Leaders in the Health Promotion Digital Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-309
Author(s):  
Joyce Cheah Lynn-Sze ◽  
◽  
Azlina Kamaruddin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Opinion Leader ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public

Health opinion leaders have widely embraced social media for health promotion and public health communication which can make a strong influence on the public decision making. However, despite the growing relevance of public health threats such as infectious diseases, pandemic influenza and natural disasters, research has paid little attention to the qualities of opinion leaders. Moreover, there is limited evidence that public health organisations use social media appropriately to engage in meaningful conversations with audiences. Thus, the aims of the study are to describe principles of communication practised by online opinion leaders to promote health issues, to discuss the strategies of social media used, to explain the opinion leaders’ influence attributes in health decision making and finally to develop a model of online opinion leader in the contemporary health promotion era. Content analysis was conducted on Facebook postings of five selected health opinion leaders. In addition, semi-structured interviews with 10 followers were conducted. The findings of the study revealed that there are three principles of communication practised by online opinion leaders, which are language, interaction and themes. There are three strategies opinion leaders use to influence the public: social connectivity, social support and social consultation. Furthermore, there are five opinion leaders’ attributes that influence the public’s decision making, namely personality, authenticity, trust/credibility, professional knowledge and social position. The model would be beneficial in educating and guiding the current public health opinion leaders in order to establish health and social well-being. Keywords: Online opinion leader, online health communication, public health, two-step flow theory, decision making.

How a participatory process with inclusive structural design allocates resources toward poor neighborhoods: the case of participatory budgeting in Seoul, South Korea

2020 ◽  
pp. 002085232094366
Author(s):  
Won No ◽  
Lily Hsueh
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Public Money ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between inclusiveness with respect to the structural design of the participatory process and resource allocation outcomes in participatory budgeting. Empirically, this article examines the case of participatory budgeting in Seoul, South Korea, where redistribution is not an explicit goal. Findings suggest that creating organizational structures that enable and encourage public participation has led Seoul’s participatory budgeting to distribute public funds toward poor neighborhoods. Points for practitioners Participatory budgeting is an exemplar practice of public participation in the government decision-making process. It is a local budgeting practice that allows the public to participate, discuss, deliberate, and decide where and how to spend public money. This study highlights the importance of designing inclusive organizational structures in participatory budgeting to encourage public participation. Empirical results underscore the link between inclusive organizational structures and more equitable allocation outcomes.

An “adhocracy” of stakeholders, the case of ADSA in France (Essonne)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillipe Naszalyi ◽  
Arnaud Slama-Royer
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Hybrid Management ◽  
French Association

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structural problems emerging in the course of managing and safeguarding a French association for home care to a thousand elderly or disabled people between 2007 and 2012, employing 150 - 190 people and on the verge of bankruptcy. In France, small local businesses not only compete with major capital outlets in this sector but also with associations of varying size and origin. Free market rules apply, under the legislation of 2003, to what is, in part, “competition free”, being “in the public interest” and within the framework of local and national public funding. Design/methodology/approach – This paper analyses those pragmatic solutions put in place to meet the aim of shared governance and in the context of a generalized financial crisis. Findings – Borrowing from cooperatives and associations, the non-profit-based management structure the authors arrived at, including worker participation in the decision-making processes, raises questions for researchers as to the advisability of any short-term models and the validity of present social and supportive economic models. Originality/value – The hybrid management of this paper is offered as a working model in what the authors have termed an “adhocracy of stakeholders”.

An improved active drag reduction system for formula race cars

2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (5) ◽  
pp. 1460-1471
Author(s):  
Mauro Dimastrogiovanni ◽  
Giulio Reina ◽  
Andrea Burzoni
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Manufacturing Costs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reduction System ◽  
Rear Wing ◽  
Race Cars ◽  
Full Design ◽  
Main Formula ◽  
System Mechanism

Drag reduction systems are largely employed in racing car competitions to help drivers in overtaking manoeuvres, ensuring a good show to the public. This paper presents a full-design approach to drag reduction systems that includes the computational fluid dynamics estimation of the forces acting on the rear wing, the dynamic analysis of the drag reduction system mechanism and the whole vehicle behaviour through the simulation of an overtaking manoeuvre. For the purposes of this work, a novel drag reduction system mechanism is proposed that features lower aerodynamic disturbance and comparable manufacturing costs than those of drag reduction systems of the main Formula categories.

The Paradox of Decreasing Prices and Increasing Costs for Diagnostic Tests, Imaging, and Drugs in Japan

1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Ikegami ◽  
Shunya Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Cost Containment ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Claims Data ◽  
X Rays ◽  
The Public ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Containment Strategy ◽  
Fee Schedule

AbstractAnalysis of the 1987–1991 national outpatient claims data shows that the percentage of patients undergoing sophisticated diagnostic tests tended to increase and was greater if the hospital was larger, in the public sector, or affiliated with an university. For imaging, the percentage that had CAT scans performed increased, while the percentage undergoing x-rays using contrast medium and other tomography decreased. However, for drugs, newer and more expensive ones tended to be preferred irrespective of the providers' characteristics. Although costs arising from the shift to more expensive and sophisticated technologies have been largely contained by reducing their prices in the fee schedule, this cost-containment strategy faces structural problems. We advocate the establishment of an infrastructure that offers incentives for providers to conduct technology assessment and to use the results.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE TELEMATIC COMPANIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Elena Dadelytė ◽  
Alma Mačiulytė-Šniukienė
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Innovation is an important driver of economic progress, benefiting consumers, business and the economy as whole. However, innovation companies face high risks because innovation requires a lot of resources, and it is difficult to predict a payback period in advance. This is common for all types of innovation, but especially to technological innovation. One of the least researched technological innovations is telematics, innovative transport monitoring and control technology solutions. Those are widely applied in logistics, car-sharing platforms and the public transport sector. These innovations help to achieve the goals of the companies that buy and install them, but question what impact they have on the competitiveness of the companies that create these innovations remains a matter of debate. To fill this gap, the purpose of this article is to determine the impact of technological innovation on the competitiveness of telematics companies. In pursuit of this goal, the concepts of technological innovation and competitiveness are revealed. The definition of telematics innovation and its significance for the competitiveness of enterprises was also formed. The empirical part discusses the telematics market, provides the analysis of the main competitiveness indicators of 8 telematics companies and their changes, as well as the analysis of the research and development (R&D) costs and the impact of innovations on competitiveness. Applied research methods: a critical analysis of scientific literature, generalization, systematization of data, computation, and comparison of relative indicator, data dispersion indicator, and dynamics indicator, correlation, and regression analysis. The research reveals that creation and development innovation are related to competitiveness of telematics companies. However, excessive investment into innovation no longer generates positive return.

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