Summary and conclusions from the SIWI Young Professionals Workshop: The possibilities and threats of globalisation!

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 243-246
Author(s):  
Johan Kuylenstierna
Keyword(s):  
Water Security ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Significant Aspect ◽  
Different Levels

The Young Water Professionals Symposium discussed the nature of globalisation as it affects water and water professionals. Globalisation processes can either encourage or cure the problems of scarcity and marginalisation. Different levels of development and rates of progress reinforce the need for diverse thinking to tackle these local variations within the global context. A significant aspect is a change in roles and responsibilities for the water professional – to be less confined to the purely technical and more cooperative across traditional boundaries. To enable water professionals to fulfil these new roles education must be transformed and intellectual barriers overcome. In this way globalisation processes can be made to work for water security for the new century.

scholarly journals Adaptive management and water security in a global context: definitions, concepts, and examples

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 70-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G Varady ◽  
Adriana A Zuniga-Teran ◽  
Gregg M Garfin ◽  
Facundo Martín ◽  
Sebastián Vicuña
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Global Context

scholarly journals Roles and Responsibilities for Sustaining Open Source Platforms and Tools

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Owens
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Project Sustainability ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Core Part ◽  
Different Levels

Developing, deploying and maintaining open source software is increasingly a core part of the core operations of cultural heritage organizations. From preservation infrastructure, to tools for acquiring digital and digitized content, to platforms that provide access, enhance content, and enable various modes for users to engage with and make use of content, much of the core work of libraries, archives and museums is entangled with software. As a result, cultural heritage organizations of all sizes are increasingly involved in roles as open source software creators, contributors, maintainers, and adopters. Participants in this workshop shared their respective perspectives on institutional roles in this emerging open source ecosystem. Through discussion, participants created drafts of a checklist for establishing FOSS projects, documentation of project sustainability techniques, a model for conceptualizing the role of open source community building activities throughout projects and an initial model for key institutional roles for projects at different levels of maturity.

Technology in Context

2019 ◽  
pp. 138-154
Author(s):  
Helle Sofie Wentzer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Context Free ◽  
Different Levels

The phrase “technology in context” contains a paradox, because much technology is assumed “context-free.” Information and communication technology (ICT) in health care, including telemedicine, electronic patient records, and other forms of ICT are often presented as virtual—free of time and space. This chapter argues that technology development and implementation, as drivers of modernity, make attention to context more relevant than ever in both practice and research. High-tech and information technologies transcend the traditional understanding of context to become something multilayered and relational, with the risk of blurring borderlines of tasks, roles, and responsibilities. Research into disrupted and decontextualized spaces of action offers insights into the dependencies and vulnerabilities of ICT-mediated health care practices. Here, surgery is chosen as a learning aid to understand the mediated character of context, its dependencies and vulnerabilities, and how it must be continuously reproduced at different levels of understanding and organization.

Chemistry Organizations in a Changing World

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Matlin ◽  
Alain Krief ◽  
Henning Hopf ◽  
Goverdhan Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Local Action ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Global Understanding ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Changing World

AbstractBuilding bridges between global thinking and local action was the tag line of the 2016 International Year of Global Understanding. [1] This provides an invaluable opportunity for chemistry organizations to rethink their roles and responsibilities in a global context. For IUPAC, its approaching centenary adds a further impetus to the continual quest for sustainability, relevance, and value. Chemistry organizations have a long tradition of helping to develop and promote the interests of the subject and its practitioners. In a rapidly changing world, what is their fundamental purpose, what should be their roles, and how can they refresh themselves to best serve the field and also society at large?

scholarly journals Developing Strategy for Water Conflict Management and Transformation at Euphrates–Tigris Basin

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameh W. H. Al-Muqdadi
Keyword(s):  
Water Security ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Developing Strategy ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Water Conflict ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Decisions ◽  
Different Levels

Developing water technology and management systems is not sufficient to cope with the water shortage, where political decisions might be considered as a critical element in this context. The Euphrates–Tigris basin has been suffering for decades from political instability and mismanagement. The tension over the water allocation that was on the negotiating table since the 1960s ended with no substantial agreement between the riparian countries (Iraq, Turkey and Syria). The objective is to evaluate the impact of the political dimension by creating a conceptual model for the hydropolitical cycle, addressing the importance of the negotiation concepts to reach an agreement; the research also aims to develop a strategy that might support the transformation from conflict to collaboration. The approaches of situation map and systems thinking have been implemented to build the model. The tools of negotiation skills have been adopted to assist the water conflict. The results describe the challenges within different levels and demonstrating the hydropolitical cycle and adding a sustain toolkit to the theory of water conflict and transformation management. Moreover, the paper produces the structure and workflow of establishing the Global Water Security Council.

How to measure and manage the UK Government’s major project portfolio

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-474
Author(s):  
Michael Bourne ◽  
David Anker ◽  
Glen Chambers ◽  
Laszlo Torjai
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Project Portfolio ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Project Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Way

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to stimulate changes to the way performance data is used to improve performance taking the government’s use of project data as an example. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses systems theory to review the way the government’s major projects portfolio should be analysed. Findings This paper concludes that broader engagement in the analytics process should be considered as a way of improving insights and learning from reviews. The paper suggests that report alone has limited value. Research limitations/implications By taking a systems approach, this study raises questions about the methods used to manage data analysis and system improvements. Systems thinking is a useful tool to consider applications such as the performance of the government’s project portfolio, but there are many other approaches that can be applied. Practical implications This study makes very specific recommendations around the roles and responsibilities of people and teams at different levels in the system. Roles and activities are described together with recommendations about interfering in and overreaching these roles and activities. Originality/value This paper synthesises a number of systems approaches together with a view of why “we measure” to create a framework for analysing approaches to performance improvement. The practical application provided here gives insights into how these approaches can be used in real-life contexts.

1. Intellectual property law: an introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 2-28
Author(s):  
Abbe Brown ◽  
Smita Kheria ◽  
Jane Cornwell ◽  
Marta Iljadica
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Realistic View ◽  
The Law ◽  
Ip Law ◽  
Different Levels

This chapter provides an accessible introduction to intellectual property (IP) law. It provides and challenges some definitions of intellectual property law and IP itself. It discusses the development of IP law as a field of study in an increasingly global context and presents a realistic view of the law as it actually operates; the relationships between different levels of IP law—at national, European, European Union, and international levels; the various influences on the formation, justifications for, and development of IP law including between IP law and other legal fields; and the tensions that arise from different perspectives when the law seeks to protect IP.

scholarly journals Public-Private-People Partnership Networks and Stakeholder Roles Within MaaS Ecosystems

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-50
Author(s):  
Jenni Eckhardt ◽  
Aki Aapaoja ◽  
Harri Haapasalo
Keyword(s):  
Service Provider ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Transport Modes ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Partnership Networks

Mobility as a service (MaaS) is an emerging concept offering integrated mobility services. Combining different transport modes and services, as well as collaboration of stakeholders, are prerequisites for viable and attractive MaaS services. MaaS is expected to increase the sustainability and efficiency of transport. Public-private-people partnership (PPPP) networks are seen as a potential solution to meet these expectations, especially in rural areas. The purpose here is to present a PPPP network for MaaS, which integrates market-based mobility services and subsidized transportation. The chapter also describes the roles and responsibilities of primary and secondary MaaS stakeholders at different levels, including authority, service provider, MaaS operator, and user levels.

Dependence of Intergranular Fracture on Boundary Topography and Cohesion

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 150-151
Author(s):  
J. E. Doherty ◽  
A. F. Giamei ◽  
B. H. Kear ◽  
C. W. Steinke
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Nickel Base Superalloy ◽  
Boundary Shear ◽  
Room Temperature Ductility ◽  
Solid Solution Matrix ◽  
Nickel Base ◽  
Solution Matrix ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Base Superalloy

Recently we have been investigating a class of nickel-base superalloys which possess substantial room temperature ductility. This improvement in ductility is directly related to improvements in grain boundary strength due to increased boundary cohesion through control of detrimental impurities and improved boundary shear strength by controlled grain boundary micros true tures.For these investigations an experimental nickel-base superalloy was doped with different levels of sulphur impurity. The micros tructure after a heat treatment of 1360°C for 2 hr, 1200°C for 16 hr consists of coherent precipitates of γ’ Ni3(Al,X) in a nickel solid solution matrix.

Immunoenzymatic demonstration of the simultaneous presence of transferrin, hemopexin and albumin in a same hepatocyte and their ultrastructural localization

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-89
Author(s):  
M. Kraemer ◽  
J. Foucrier ◽  
J. Vassy ◽  
M.T. Chalumeau
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Proteins ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Ultrastructural Localization ◽  
Carrier Proteins ◽  
Normal Cells ◽  
Adult Rat ◽  
Adult Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Monospecific Antisera ◽  
Different Levels

Some authors using immunofluorescent techniques had already suggested that some hepatocytes are able to synthetize several plasma proteins. In vitro studies on normal cells or on cells issued of murine hepatomas raise the same conclusion. These works could be indications of an hepatocyte functionnal non-specialization, meanwhile the authors never give direct topographic proofs suitable with this hypothesis.The use of immunoenzymatic techniques after obtention of monospecific antisera had seemed to us useful to bring forward a better knowledge of this problem. We have studied three carrier proteins (transferrin = Tf, hemopexin = Hx, albumin = Alb) operating at different levels in iron metabolism by demonstrating and localizing the adult rat hepatocytes involved in their synthesis.Immunological, histological and ultrastructural methods have been described in a previous work.

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