scholarly journals Purpose Built Offices Replaced by Work from Home (WFH) in a Time of Business Disruption: Hybrid Office Model (HOM)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. p56
Author(s):  
Lisa Barnes ◽  
Warrick Long ◽  
Peter Williams
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Office Space ◽  
The Future ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Short Space

With the pandemic of COVID-19 came a time of significant business disruption, particularly in relation to social distancing rules that effectively shut down organisations physical office spaces, and moved employees to Work From Home (WFH) in a very short space of time. This research looks at the current office space that employees use and compares it to the WFH space. The results showed that employees valued their physical office space, but that open plan or shared offices were often noisy and lacked privacy. Most described their office space as personal, comfortable, and conducive to productivity. In relation to the ability to work collaboratively, most respondents stated this happened in their current office space (87%), and with the move to WFH, 76% stated that they were still able to work collaboratively. Employees will no longer need to commute to work, can spend more time perusing personal plans and feel more productive when WFH. For employers, they now have access to a wider pool of talent, can enjoy cost savings and decrease their carbon footprint. The office of the future will be a hybrid model, a combination of WFH, working in the office and both, known as the Hybrid Office Model (HOM).

scholarly journals Exploring the health impacts and inequalities of the new way of working: findings from a cross-sectional study.

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melda Lois Griffiths ◽  
Benjamin J Gray ◽  
Richard G Kyle ◽  
Alisha R Davies
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Deprived Areas

Aim To explore the working Welsh adult population's ability to work from home, their preferences for the future, and the self-reported health impacts of home-working. Subject and Method: A nationally-representative household survey was undertaken across Wales (Public Health Wales' COVID-19, Employment and Health in Wales study), with cross-sectional data on home-working being collected between November 2020 and January 2021 from 615 employed working-aged adults in Wales (63.7% female, 32.7% aged 50-59). Respondents were asked about their ability to work from home, their perceptions of its impact on their health and their preferences for time spent home-working in future. Results Over 50% were able to work from home, and showed a preference towards home-working to some capacity, with over a third wishing to work from home at least half the time. However, those living in the most deprived areas, in atypical employment, with high wage precarity or with limiting pre-existing conditions were less likely to report being able to work from home. Of those that could work from home, over 40% reported that it worsened their mental well-being and loneliness, and for people in poorer health, home-working negatively impacted their diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol use. People aged 30 to 39 and those who lived alone were more likely to report wanting to spend some time working in an office/base instead of at home. Conclusion The inequity in the ability to work from home reflects underlying inequalities in Wales, with those facing the greatest insecurity (e.g. those living in most deprived areas, those with more precarious work or financial circumstances) being less able to participate in home-working. Working from home offers greater flexibility, reduces the financial and time costs associated with commuting, and protects individuals from exposure to communicable diseases. However, working from home presents an enormous challenge to preserving the mental-wellbeing of the workforce, particularly for younger individuals and those with low mental well-being. Younger respondents and those in poorer health who could work from home were also more likely to engage in health-harming behaviours, and reduce their engagement in health-protective behaviours such as eating well and moving more. Reflecting on the future, providing pathways for accessing work from home arrangements, integrating hybrid models and preparing targeted health support for at risk groups may be best suited to the working population's preferences and needs.

Kegiatan Berkreasi dengan Seni dan Kimia selama COVID-19 di Desa Panggung Rejo, Jebres, Solo, Jawa Tengah

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chintia Titania ◽  
Djoko Suhardjanto ◽  
Yeni Priatnasari
Keyword(s):  
Social Distancing ◽  
Work From Home

Kuliah Kerja Nyata merupakan proses pembelajaran mahasiswa melalui berbagai kegiatan langsung ditengah-tengah masyarakat, dan mahasiswa berupaya untuk menjadi bagian dari masyarakat serta secara aktif dan kreatif terlibat dalam dinamika yang terjadi di masyarakat. Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) UNS Era Covid-19 yang dilakasanakan di Jalan Kabut Desa Panggung Rejo Surakarta berlangsung selama 45 hari (15 Mei-30 Juni 2020). Program KKN yang dilakukan berpusat pada kegiatan belajar mengajar. Sejak Covid-19 menyebar ke seluruh wilayah saat itulah ribuan sekolah dari berbagai jenjang menerapkan proses belajar dari rumah secara daring (online). Nyatanya aktivitas belajar di rumah belum terlakasana dengan efektif. Beberapa program KKN yang telah dilaksanakan. Kegiatan KKN yang dilakukan dimulai dengan mendata siswa yang ada di sekitar Jalan Kabut, konsultasi program kepada pihak RT dan DPL, dan pelaksanaan program yang direncanakan. Adapun program kerja yang dilakukan meliputi kegiatan melakukan praktikum kimia secara sederhana, dan menggunakan metode daring (online) melalui WhatsApp Grup dengan ibu-ibu. Penggunaan metode ini juga merupakan bentuk support terhadap gerakan Work from Home & Social distancing yang mana kegiatan dapat dilakukan di rumah masing-masing. Hasil dari kegiatan ini diharapkan siswa dapat melakukan belajar efektif walaupun di rumah saja serta pemahaman terkait Covid-19 dan juga warga desa Panggung Rejo dapat memahami seluk beluk Covid-19 dengan baik serta dapat menerapkan perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat.Kata Kunci : KKN COVID-19, Covid-19, Work from Home

A Report on The Acoustic Conditions of IEQ Laboratory Using ISO 3382-3

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Jason Obadiah
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality ◽  
The Future ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Acoustic Conditions

Recently, many facilities have completed new laboratories that may be used to assess various measures of Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) in office spaces. Also recently, a new standard, ISO 3382-3, was released for assessing the effects of speech on IEQ in open plan offices. The aim of this report is to assess one room of the IEQ lab using the ISO 3382-3 standard. It is expected that the data gained will be of help to researchers using the facility in the future. Keywords: ISO 3382-3, Indoor Environment Quality, Acoustics

scholarly journals Tripeptide Self-Assembly into Bioactive Hydrogels: Effects of Terminus Modification on Biocatalysis

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Marina Kurbasic ◽  
Ana M. Garcia ◽  
Simone Viada ◽  
Silvia Marchesan
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Chemical Modifications ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Active Compounds ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
The Future ◽  
Bio Material ◽  
Supramolecular Catalysts

Bioactive hydrogels based on the self-assembly of tripeptides have attracted great interest in recent years. In particular, the search is active for sequences that are able to mimic enzymes when they are self-organized in a nanostructured hydrogel, so as to provide a smart catalytic (bio)material whose activity can be switched on/off with assembly/disassembly. Within the diverse enzymes that have been targeted for mimicry, hydrolases find wide application in biomaterials, ranging from their use to convert prodrugs into active compounds to their ability to work in reverse and catalyze a plethora of reactions. We recently reported the minimalistic l-His–d-Phe–d-Phe for its ability to self-organize into thermoreversible and biocatalytic hydrogels for esterase mimicry. In this work, we analyze the effects of terminus modifications that mimic the inclusion of the tripeptide in a longer sequence. Therefore, three analogues, i.e., N-acetylated, C-amidated, or both, were synthesized, purified, characterized by several techniques, and probed for self-assembly, hydrogelation, and esterase-like biocatalysis. This work provides useful insights into how chemical modifications at the termini affect self-assembly into biocatalytic hydrogels, and these data may become useful for the future design of supramolecular catalysts for enhanced performance.

scholarly journals Who will Bear the Brunt of Lockdown Policies? Evidence from Tele-workability Measures Across Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (88) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariya Brussevich ◽  
Era Dabla-Norris ◽  
Salma Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
College Education ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Market Selection ◽  
Differential Impact ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Earnings Distribution ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The World

Lockdowns imposed around the world to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic are having a differential impact on economic activity and jobs. This paper presents a new index of the feasibility to work from home to investigate what types of jobs are most at risk. We estimate that over 97.3 million workers, equivalent to about 15 percent of the workforce, are at high risk of layoffs and furlough across the 35 advanced and emerging countries in our sample. Workers least likely to work remotely tend to be young, without a college education, working for non-standard contracts, employed in smaller firms, and those at the bottom of the earnings distribution, suggesting that the pandemic could exacerbate inequality. Crosscountry heterogeneity in the ability to work remotely reflects differential access to and use of technology, sectoral mix, and labor market selection. Policies should account for demographic and distributional considerations both during the crisis and in its aftermath.

scholarly journals The Influence of COVID-19 on Indonesian Investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jeliastiva Jeliastiva ◽  
Farid Fachrurazi
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a serious impact on almost all countries in the world, including Indonesia. In response to this case, various policies began to emerge. Starting from the implementation of work from home, social distancing and physical distancing, until the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). overseas investors are busy focusing their finances on the needs of their respective countries to fight the virus. Domestic investment (PMDN) is also predicted to experience a slowdown. The social distancing policy resulted in the community not being able to run the economic system well, especially in the Indonesian investment sector so that the perokoniman namely investment in Indonesia decreased and there were some delays in investment by other countries in Indonesia.

scholarly journals EAR BIOMETRICS: ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS SOCIAL DISTANCING

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansi Talreja ◽  
Bhavika Motiramani ◽  
Muskan Asrani ◽  
Ashish Sukhani ◽  
Manas Mangaonkar
Keyword(s):  
Change Over Time ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Ear Biometrics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Secure Environment ◽  
Over Time

Biometrics deals with identification of individuals based on their characteristics. In traditional systems people use to remember passwords, PIN's, tokens for identification. But in recent years biometrics have gained a lot of popularity due to advancement in technology and the secure environment. Variety of biometrics have been developed in recent years such as fingerprint, iris, retinal. Ears are considered as the future of biometrics due to its properties of Universality, which means that every person should have it. Uniqueness, which indicates that no two persons should behave the same characteristic. Permanence, which means that this characteristic does not change over time. Collectability, which indicates that the characteristic can be measured quantitatively. Ears are comparatively large in size and hence are more visible and also their shape does not change radically over a period of time and so are their images easy to be captured.

PENGARUH PEMBELAJARAN DARING BAGI MINAT BELAJAR SEJARAH SISWA SMA NEGRI 1 BATI-BATI

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luthfi abdurrahman
Keyword(s):  
Social Distancing ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Corona Virus

Saat ini keadaan Indonesia mengalami kondisi tidak baik yang disebabkan oleh virus Covid-19 yang berasal dari Wuhan Cina. (WHO, 2020) menyatakan bahwa virus ini penularannya sangat cepat dan dapat menyebabkan kematian. Virus ini menyerang infeksi saluran pernapasan seperti batuk dan pilek namun sifatnya lebih mematikan. Berdasarkan data (Worldometer, 2020) Coronavirus Casses menyatakan 2.176.744 Pasien yang terpapar virus ini dan beberapa meninggal dunia sehingga wabah penyebaran virus ini disebut dengan pandemi Covid-19 dunia. Penyebaran virus ini bisa ditempat umum atau kerumunan, Pusat Pengendalian dan Pencegahan Penyakit (CDC) Amerika Serikat mengatakan penyebaran virus ini melalui kontak fisik seperti berjabat tangan maka dianjurkan agar mencuci tangan dengan benar dan baik sesuai langkah serta menggunakan masker jika keluar rumah untuk pencegahan penyebaran Corona Virus. Akibat dari pandemi Covid-19 membuat pemerintah mengeluarkan kebijakan baru demi menghentikan pemencaran Covid-19 yaitu mengimplementasikan ajakan masyarakat untuk melaksanakan Physical Distancing atau memberi jarak dengan orang lain sejauh satu meter dan menghindari kerumunan dan berbagai acara pertemuan yang menimbulkan perkumpulan (Covid-19, 2020). Selain itu pemerintah menerapkan kebijakan untuk Dirumah Saja seperti kerja dirumah atau Work From Home (WFH) dan kegiatan apapun yang berhubungan dengan perkumpulan atau pertemuan ditiadakan dan diganti dengan media online. (Kemendikbud, 2020) mengeluarkan Surat Edaran tentang Pembelajaran secara Daring dan Bekerja dari Rumah dalam Rangka Pencegahan Penyebaran Covid-19. Pembelajaran daring di Indonesia sebenarnya sudah diterapkan oleh beberapa pendidik sebelum pemberlakuan social distancing oleh pemerintah. Namun istilah pembelajaran daring semakin populer setelah social distancing. Pembelajaran daring yang diterapkan lebih cenderung pada bentuk penugasan via aplikasi. Siswa diberikan tugas- tugas untuk diselesaikan kemudian dikoreksi oleh guru sebagai bentuk penilaian dan diberikan komentar sebagai bentuk evaluasi (Syarifudin, 2020). Minat memiliki banyak efek positif pada proses dan hasil pembelajaran (Krapp, 2002), tingkat minat yang tinggi akan menyebabkan tingkat perhatian dan tingkat kesiapan siswa terlibat dalam objek pembelajaran sehingga menimbulkan kemungkinan keberhasilan dalam pembelajaran (Krapp, 1999).

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