Installation and set up the Smart water-saving irrigation techniques for coffee farm: The case study in Vietnam

This paper reports on a case study of the community group Zero Emissions Noosa, whose goal is for 100% renewable electricity in the Noosa Shire (Queensland, Australia) by 2026. Described within this paper are the processes used by Zero Emissions Noosa to set up their zero emissions plan, involving community engagement and the use of an external consultant. The external consultant was employed to produce a detailed report outlining how to successfully achieve zero emissions from electricity in the Noosa Shire by 2026. This paper explains how and why the community engagement process used to produce the report was just as important as the outcomes of the report itself. Modeling was undertaken, and both detailed and contextual information was provided. Inclusion of the community in developing the scenario parameters for the modeling had a number of benefits including establishing the context within which their actions would occur and focusing their efforts on options that were technically feasible, financially viable and within their capabilities to implement. This provided a focal point for the community in calling meetings and contacting stakeholders. Rather than prescribing a particular course of action, it also resulted in a toolbox of options, a range of possible solutions that is flexible enough to fit into whatever actions are preferred by the community. The approach and outcomes discussed in this paper should, therefore, be useful to other communities with similar carbon emission reduction goals.

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Literature Review on Rebound Effect of Water Saving Measures and Analysis of a Spanish Case Study

Water Resources Management ◽

10.1007/s11269-014-0839-0 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 663-678 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

Julio Berbel ◽

Carlos Gutiérrez-Martín ◽

Juan A. Rodríguez-Díaz ◽

Emilio Camacho ◽

Pilar Montesinos

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Rebound Effect ◽

Water Saving ◽

Effect Of Water

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Missiological implications for Taylor Seminary arising from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations

Missiology An International Review ◽

10.1177/0091829617712579 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 407-413

Author(s):

Allan Effa

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽

Final Report ◽

Cooperative Effort ◽

Truth And Reconciliation ◽

Cultural Genocide ◽

The Government ◽

Government Of Canada ◽

Set Up

In 2015 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada concluded a six-year process of listening to the stories of Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. More than 6000 witnesses came forth to share their personal experiences in listening sessions set up all across the country. These stories primarily revolved around their experience of abuse and cultural genocide through more than 100 years of Residential Schools, which were operated in a cooperative effort between churches and the government of Canada. The Commission’s Final Report includes 94 calls to action with paragraph #60 directed specifically to seminaries. This paper is a case study of how Taylor Seminary, in Edmonton, is seeking to engage with this directive. It explores the changes made in the curriculum, particularly in the teaching of missiology, and highlights some of the ways the seminary community is learning about aboriginal spirituality and the history and legacy of the missionary methods that have created conflict and pain in Canadian society.

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Interpersonal Therapy in Primary Infertility, Life-Cycle Transitions, and Dysthymia: A Single Case Study

Clinical Case Studies ◽

10.1177/15346501211038275 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 153465012110382

Author(s):

Sampurna Chakraborty ◽

Prasanta K. Roy

Keyword(s):

Rating Scale ◽

Single Case ◽

Interpersonal Psychotherapy ◽

Single Case Study ◽

Interpersonal Therapy ◽

Primary Infertility ◽

Set Up ◽

Psychosocial Perspective ◽

Evidence Based Therapy

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is an evidence-based therapy, originally developed to treat major depression. IPT conceptualizes depression from a bio-psychosocial perspective where signs of depression are understood in the context of an individual’s current social and interpersonal stressors, defined in terms of role transitions, disputes, bereavements, and sensitivities. In this single case study, IPT was used to treat a woman undergoing primary infertility with multiple failed pregnancies and unsuccessful adoption procedures along with specific grief reactions and depressive symptoms for 2 years. The therapy was formulated over 12 weekly sessions in the outpatient set-up in a general hospital in Kolkata in 2017. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) was used to assess the efficacy of the therapy and its outcomes. The therapy was found to be effective in the patient and justifies the rationale of choosing the said therapy for the specific case from an interpersonal viewpoint. The case study may help suggest how and why to use interpersonal psychotherapy in infertility conditions with psychological ramifications.

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GIS Based Multi-Criteria decision support system and machine learning for Hospital Site Selection case study Oran - Algeria

International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence ◽

10.4018/ijssci.285592 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 0-0

Keyword(s):

Site Selection ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Automatic Learning ◽

Hospital Site ◽

Set Up ◽

High Level ◽

Selection Of ◽

The Ideal

The selection of hospital sites is one of the most important choice a decision maker has to take so as to resist the pandemic. The decision may considerably affect the outbreak transmission in terms of efficiency , budget, etc. The main targeted objective of this study is to find the ideal location where to set up a hospital in the willaya of Oran Alg. For this reason, we have used a geographic information system coupled to the multi-criteria analysis method AHP in order to evaluate diverse criteria of physiological positioning , environmental and economical. Another objective of this study is to evaluate the advanced techniques of the automatic learning . the method of the random forest (RF) for the patterning of the hospital site selection in the willaya of Oran. The result of our study may be useful to decision makers to know the suitability of the sites as it provides a high level of confidence and consequently accelerate the power to control the COVID19 pandemic.

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Aligning accreditation and academic program reviews: a Canadian case study

Quality Assurance in Education ◽

10.1108/qae-11-2016-0061 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 287-302 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lynne Bowker

Keyword(s):

Professional Associations ◽

Academic Program ◽

Content Type ◽

Post Secondary ◽

Study Approach ◽

Academic Units ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Set Up ◽

Program Reviews

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the potential benefits and limitations associated with aligning accreditation and academic program reviews in post-secondary institutions, using a descriptive case study approach. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes two Canadian graduate programs that are subject to both external professional accreditation and institutional cyclical reviews, as they underwent an aligned review. The process was developed as a collaborative effort between the academic units, the professional associations and the university’s graduate-level quality assurance office. For each program, a single self-study was developed, a single review panel was constituted, and a single site visit was conducted. The merits and challenges posed by the alignment process are discussed. Findings Initial feedback from the academic units suggests that the alignment of accreditation and program reviews is perceived as reducing the burden on programs with regard to the time and effort invested by faculty, staff and other stakeholders, as well as in terms of financial expenses. Based on this feedback, along with input from reviewers and program evaluation committee members, 14 recommendations emerged for ways in which an aligned review process can be set up for success. Practical implications The results suggest that aligned reviews are not only resource-efficient but also allow reviewers to provide more holistic feedback that faculty may be more willing to engage with for program enhancement. Originality/value The present study contributes to the existing body of knowledge about conducting aligned reviews in response to external accreditation requirements or institutional needs. It summarizes the potential benefits and limitations and offers recommendations for potential best practices for carrying out aligned reviews for policymakers and practitioners.

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Discussions on “water saving and increase in yield of rice crop through on-farm reservoir: a case study” by Deepak Kumar Soni and K.K. Singh

ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering ◽

10.1080/09715010.2018.1557568 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

S.K. Mazumder

Keyword(s):

Water Saving ◽

Rice Crop ◽

On Farm

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From Macro to Mega

Communication & Sport ◽

10.1177/2167479515598956 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 69-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bernat López ◽

Helle Kettner-Høeberg

Keyword(s):

Sporting Events ◽

Online Activity ◽

Sporting Event ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Tour De France ◽

Level Scale ◽

Set Up ◽

Mega Event ◽

Sport Organisation

The Vuelta a España is one of the three cycling Grand Tours, a long-established (first staged in 1935) and global sports mega event. Nonetheless, in the mid-noughties, it went through a financial and identity crisis, which culminated with the French company, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organizer of the Tour de France, taking over the Spanish race in 2008. This research, an in-depth case study based on semistructured interviews and analysis of all the relevant corporate documentation and online activity, aims at shedding light on how the new ASO management has refloated the race through a reinforcement of its globalization and mediatization, on the lines of the managerial policies already in place for the Tour de France since the early 80s. This article also proposes a small theoretical refinement of the “mega sporting event” concept, moving from a binary, yes–not typology, to a four-level scale including micro (local), meso (provincial/subnational), macro (national or regional), and mega (global) sporting events. In this sense, this article concludes that the communication strategies set up by the new ASO management have pushed the Vuelta beyond the macro and towards the mega level.

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Group Analytic Methods Beyond the Clinical Setting—Working with Researcher–Managers

Group Analysis ◽

10.1177/0533316417701080 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 217-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chris Mowles

Keyword(s):

Group Analysis ◽

Change Processes ◽

Analytic Thinking ◽

Organizational Research ◽

Organizational Contexts ◽

Professional Management ◽

History Of ◽

Set Up ◽

Management Scholarship

Group analytic scholars have a long history of thinking about organizations and taking up group analytic concepts in organizational contexts. Many still aspire to being more of a resource to organizations given widespread organizational change processes which provoke great upheaval and feelings of anxiety. This article takes as a case study the experience of running a professional management research doctorate originally set up with group analytic input to consider some of the adaptations to thinking and methods which are required outside the clinical context. The article explores what group analysis can bring to management, but also what critical management scholarship can bring to group analysis. It considers some of the organizational difficulties which the students on the doctoral programme have written about, and discusses the differences and limitations of taking up group analytic thinking and practice in an organizational research setting.

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