Multi Level Optimum + Added Value Encoded Archival Description EAD/Encoded Archival Context EAC Descriptions in the Absence of Describing Archives a Content Standard DACS Guidance

Software Product Lines (SPLs) can aid modern ecosystems by rapidly developing large-scale software applications. SPLs produce new software products by combining existing components that are considered as features. Selection of features is challenging due to the large number of competing candidate features to choose from, with different properties, contributing towards different objectives. It is also a critical part of SPLs as they have a direct impact on the properties of the product. There have been a number of attempts to automate the selection of features. However, they offer limited flexibility in terms of specifying objectives and quantifying datasets based on these objectives, so they can be used by various selection algorithms. In this research we introduce a novel feature selection approach that supports multiple multi-level user defined objectives. A novel feature quantification method using twenty operators, capable of treating text-based and numeric values and three selection algorithms called Falcon, Jaguar, and Snail are introduced. Falcon and Jaguar are based on greedy algorithm while Snail is a variation of exhaustive search algorithm. With an increase in 4% execution time, Jaguar performed 6% and 8% better than Falcon in terms of added value and the number of features selected.

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Ethical Concerns in Poultry Production: A German Consumer Survey About Dual Purpose Chickens

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics ◽

10.1007/s10806-019-09806-y ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (5-6) ◽

pp. 905-925 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Maria Busse ◽

Maria Lee Kernecker ◽

Jana Zscheischler ◽

Felix Zoll ◽

Rosemarie Siebert

Keyword(s):

Regime Shift ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

External Pressure ◽

Added Value ◽

Poultry Production ◽

In Ovo ◽

Dual Purpose ◽

Competitive Disadvantage ◽

Multi Level ◽

Socio Economic Factors

Abstract The paper offers insights into the acceptability of ethical issues in poultry production and how this situation provides an opportunity to transform the prevailing system into a more sustainable one. The survey among German consumers reveals that killing day-old chicks is a well-known practice and is rated as “very problematic”. In contrast, dual-purpose chickens are mostly unknown but are considered a positive alternative to killing day-old chicks (after the concept has been explained). Consumer clusters were identified regarding purchasing criteria for dual-purpose chickens, purchasing routines and socio-economic factors. Three of the five clusters—the perfectionists, idealists, and realists—turned out to be potential buyers. To develop a suitable marketing strategy, it is recommended that the added value of dual-purpose chickens be comprehensibly communicated. From a multi-level perspective, rearing dual-purpose chickens has a competitive disadvantage compared to system-compliant alternatives (in-ovo sexing, “lay hen brothers”). Through increasing external pressure, the different alternatives can jointly contribute to a regime shift.

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'Major Technological Challenge'

Emerging Library & Information Perspectives ◽

10.5206/elip.v4i1.12529 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 62-87

Author(s):

Magnus Berg

Keyword(s):

Web Search ◽

Instructional Support ◽

Archival Description ◽

Online Environment ◽

End User ◽

Communication Breakdown ◽

Item Level ◽

Multi Level ◽

Hierarchical Nature ◽

Technological Challenge

While archival description has been standardized in North America since the 1990s, the online environment has introduced new challenges in preserving the hierarchical nature of archival description. Many archival databases, in an attempt to mimic library discovery layers and web search engines, have collapsed the archival aggregation into item-level records, which can erase the context and structure of the content described. This article examines the communication breakdown that happens between the archivist and end user via online archival description and proposes solutions to improve multi-level description including the use of predicates in links, increased online instructional support, and the inclusion of digitized assets in archival description databases.

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A Territorial Perspective On Eu´S Leader Approach In Denmark: The Added Value Of Community-Led Local Development Of Rural And Coastal Areas In A Multi-Level Governance Settings

European Countryside ◽

10.2478/euco-2014-0017 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 307-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Annette Aagaard Thuessen ◽

Niels Christian Nielsen

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Local Development ◽

Coastal Development ◽

The Other ◽

Added Value ◽

Focus Group Interviews ◽

Multi Level ◽

Group Interviews ◽

Programming Period ◽

Action Groups

AbstractThis paper investigates the added value of the territorial governance approach LEADER in the multi-level governance setting of rural and coastal development. Using focus group interviews in five Danish rural and fisheries local action groups (LAGs) from the 2007-2013 programming period, the paper demonstrates that pursuing the LEADER method at the LAG level enhances rural development in the form of leverage, democratisation and bottom-up decision making that none of the other levels in the multi-level governance setup of LEADER would be able to provide. However, some of the method’s seven concepts are not fully used. Maintaining a focus on all of the method’s concepts could allow for even greater rural development.

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Interpreting Text as Discourse or Using Text as Data

10.1093/oso/9780198826842.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Félix Krawatzek

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Comparative Research ◽

Final Section ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Added Value ◽

Coding Scheme ◽

Multi Level ◽

Structural Insights

This chapter presents a new multi-level investigation of discourse that combines network analysis with qualitative content analysis. This book is the first to employ this method for multi-linguistic comparative research. The chapter first develops an understanding of discourse, which seeks to address some of the challenges discourse analysis has faced. It then describes the sources, the sampling procedure, the process of qualitative content analysis, and the logic of the applied coding scheme. A final section introduces details of the discourse network analysis, which combines the unique insight of qualitative interpretation, and the structural insights derived through the rigour of network analysis. This combination can pre-empt some of the concerns that critics have voiced about new quantitative approaches to analysing text. Its added value lies in the identification of clusters in the network, which point to discursive formations that structure meaning.

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The Added Value of Graphical Input and Display for Electron Lens Design

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100179701 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 190-191

Author(s):

B. Lencova ◽

G. Wisselink

Keyword(s):

Flux Density ◽

Numerical Data ◽

Added Value ◽

Lens Design ◽

Step Size ◽

Magnetic Lens ◽

Flux Lines ◽

Fine Mesh ◽

Electron Lens ◽

User Friendly

Recent progress in computer technology enables the calculation of lens fields and focal properties on commonly available computers such as IBM ATs. If we add to this the use of graphics, we greatly increase the applicability of design programs for electron lenses. Most programs for field computation are based on the finite element method (FEM). They are written in Fortran 77, so that they are easily transferred from PCs to larger machines.The design process has recently been made significantly more user friendly by adding input programs written in Turbo Pascal, which allows a flexible implementation of computer graphics. The input programs have not only menu driven input and modification of numerical data, but also graphics editing of the data. The input programs create files which are subsequently read by the Fortran programs. From the main menu of our magnetic lens design program, further options are chosen by using function keys or numbers. Some options (lens initialization and setting, fine mesh, current densities, etc.) open other menus where computation parameters can be set or numerical data can be entered with the help of a simple line editor. The "draw lens" option enables graphical editing of the mesh - see fig. I. The geometry of the electron lens is specified in terms of coordinates and indices of a coarse quadrilateral mesh. In this mesh, the fine mesh with smoothly changing step size is calculated by an automeshing procedure. The options shown in fig. 1 allow modification of the number of coarse mesh lines, change of coordinates of mesh points or lines, and specification of lens parts. Interactive and graphical modification of the fine mesh can be called from the fine mesh menu. Finally, the lens computation can be called. Our FEM program allows up to 8000 mesh points on an AT computer. Another menu allows the display of computed results stored in output files and graphical display of axial flux density, flux density in magnetic parts, and the flux lines in magnetic lenses - see fig. 2. A series of several lens excitations with user specified or default magnetization curves can be calculated and displayed in one session.

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Preliminary Findings on the Use of Session Questionnaires to Improve Clinician-Client Alliance With Special Consideration to Clinical Education

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas25.1.50 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 50-60

Author(s):

Anu Subramanian

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Clinical Education ◽

Clinical Decision Making ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Treatment Effectiveness ◽

Clinical Decision ◽

Added Value ◽

Therapeutic Outcomes ◽

Specific Feedback ◽

Stakeholder Perspective

ASHA's focus on evidence-based practice (EBP) includes the family/stakeholder perspective as an important tenet in clinical decision making. The common factors model for treatment effectiveness postulates that clinician-client alliance positively impacts therapeutic outcomes and may be the most important factor for success. One strategy to improve alliance between a client and clinician is the use of outcome questionnaires. In the current study, eight parents of toddlers who attended therapy sessions at a university clinic responded to a session outcome questionnaire that included both rating scale and descriptive questions. Six graduate students completed a survey that included a question about the utility of the questionnaire. Results indicated that the descriptive questions added value and information compared to using only the rating scale. The students were varied in their responses regarding the effectiveness of the questionnaire to increase their comfort with parents. Information gathered from the questionnaire allowed for specific feedback to graduate students to change behaviors and created opportunities for general discussions regarding effective therapy techniques. In addition, the responses generated conversations between the client and clinician focused on clients' concerns. Involving the stakeholder in identifying both effective and ineffective aspects of therapy has advantages for clinical practice and education.

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