scholarly journals Identification of the Profile of Vulnerable Population to Elaborate Efficient Employment Strategy: Proposition of a Quantitative-creative Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jênifer Ribeiro Dona ◽  
Istefani Carisio de Paula ◽  
Alceu Terra do Nascimento ◽  
Aline Cafruni Gularte
Keyword(s):  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Large City ◽  
Vulnerable Population ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Vulnerable Individual ◽  
Consistent Information

Brazilian public managers have been structuring and updating policies to support workers’ employment and income strategies. However, when the vulnerable individual has social, emotional, or technical limitations, success in this operation becomes uncertain. This research aim was to propose a methodology to identify profiles in vulnerable populations, viewing to promote the efficient elaboration of employment and income strategies. The unit of analysis was vulnerable population of waste pickers, in a large city from South Brazil, in the scope of a municipal program named "All of us are Porto Alegre". A literature review allowed the identification of tools from marketing, economy and design adequate to profile analysis. A workshop with social educators responsible for giving support to the individuals. Insights from workshop and the literature allowed the proposition of a methodology including cluster analysis and the creative tool named personas. The methodological approach suggests it is adequate in confirming the differences in profiles. The theoretical contribution lies in the use of quantitative-creativity tools to support policymaking. The practical contribution is to provide consistent information for governmental decision-making at the labor access market.

scholarly journals Learning Disabilities of Legal Trainees- Pre-Admission Tests and Students’ Performance- Case Study of ZCAS University

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Douglas Rolls ◽  
Kwesi Atta Sakyi ◽  
Geoffrey K. Mweshi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Interactive Instruction ◽  
Admission Tests ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
The University

Even though students with eidetic or photographic memories are naturally found in universities, it is not necessary that all the students be of the same super endowment. However, in the university setting, we need students who have stability in all faculties so that the learning process is maximised through constructive and interactive instruction. Issues in education can neither be divorced from the fact-value dichotomy nor from the nature-nurture imperatives that affect and determine educational outcomes. In this regard, neither can some issues escape some element of subjectivity nor others be strictly measured and assessed by scientific strictures. The objective of this paper is to examine some of the learning disabilities among our law students at ZCAS University, and how these affect their academic performance. We settled on this topic after noting that some of our students do not perform well because of many learning disabilities which could be hidden from our view and which should have been diagnosed during the pre-admission period; and also diagnosed through pre-admission tests. Our objective was to establish some of the underlying causes of their poor performance during tests and final year examinations. In this paper, we theoretically explore learning disabilities related to mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the well-being of our students. The research took the form of administering questionnaires to the relevant students through purposive sampling. With regard to the methodological approach, we adopted an exploratory approach by using descriptive, quantitative and analytical qualitative methods such as content and thematic analysis. We found out that some students came to the university not because they had academic strength and aptitude in the field of law but because they could afford to pay for the programme. We also found out that some of the students admitted to the university had poor learning styles and habits such as spending too much time online with friends. Furthermore, it came to light that some lecturers did not deliver lectures to suit the learning styles and preferences of students. Our findings were not conclusive enough as similar tests have to be carried out in future in different places to validate and corroborate our findings.

Social-Emotional Functioning of Elementary-Age Deaf Children: A Profile Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Vogel-Walcutt ◽  
Christopher Schatschneider ◽  
Clint Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Functioning ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Social Emotional Functioning

scholarly journals A semantic-based framework for automated rule checking in healthcare construction projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-214
Author(s):  
Joao Soliman-Junior ◽  
Carlos T. Formoso ◽  
Patricia Tzortzopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Science Research ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Rule Checking ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Degree

Healthcare projects are known for having a high degree of complexity. Furthermore, the design of healthcare facilities is highly constrained by regulations containing a wide range of requirements. Using BIM for automated rule checking has been pointed out as an opportunity to improve requirements management in these projects. However, most existing research is focused on hard-coded approaches or on limited sets of requirements. The aim of this investigation is to propose a semantic-based framework for automated rule checking in the context of healthcare design. An empirical study was conducted in the redevelopment of a university hospital, using Design Science Research as a methodological approach. Results indicate that the nature of regulations and the subjectivity of requirements have a major impact on the possibility of their translation into logical rules, which is needed to enable automated checking. The main theoretical contribution is a taxonomy for automated rule checking and information transformation.

Understanding School Truancy: Risk–Need Latent Profiles of Adolescents

Assessment ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 978-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Iverson ◽  
Brian F. French ◽  
Paul S. Strand ◽  
Chad M. Gotch ◽  
Carl McCurley
Keyword(s):  
School Districts ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Maladaptive Behaviors ◽  
Court System ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Youth Service ◽  
Unexcused Absences ◽  
School Truancy

Washington state requires school districts to file court petitions on students with excessive unexcused absences resulting in thousands of youth becoming involved in the court system. Once in the system, decisions are made about the level of risk each youth has for maladaptive behaviors. The Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students was created to assist youth service providers, courts, and schools to identify an adolescent’s needs for social, emotional, or educational intervention. However, the profile-based decisions advocated for by test developers lack empirical justification. This study employed latent profile analysis to examine risk and needs profiles of adolescents based on the Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students assessment. Profiles were developed to aid understanding of behaviors associated with school truancy, and examined across outcome variables (e.g., suspensions, arrests) to evaluate evidence in support of predictive claims. Results suggest distinct profiles that differ on important outcomes.

scholarly journals Us & Them:  Being at a Residential School, Perspectives from  Students, Staff and Whanau

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Porsha London
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Residential Schools ◽  
Analysis Procedure ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Diverse Learning

<p>Residential special education for students with diverse learning needs continues to be one of the most complex and contested areas on the education spectrum. This thesis explores a live-in boarding school for girls with special learning, social, emotional, and behavioural needs. The participants view was sought to understand the value placed on the school by those who use and provide the services. The methodological approach was a case study design underpinned by a constructivist paradigm. Twelve participants volunteered to be interviewed. The participants were made up from three stakeholder groups these were teachers, residential workers, students‟ and parents/whānau. An inductive content analysis procedure was used to identity four overarching themes. Overall, all stakeholders thought the school served a purpose and they strongly support a continuum of services, including special residential schools. However, there is clearly a stigma attached to the school, which seems to be a barrier to the school operating in a more inclusive way. This setting the participants believed was more inclusive for the girls as they did not experience the marginalization of the mainstream.</p>

scholarly journals 36 Best Management Practices for Manaus-Amazon Urban Afforestation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 696-743
Author(s):  
Jonas Gomes da Silva ◽  
Juliana Assunção de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
The Other ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
The City

In 2010, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics published a survey on urban afforestation in Brazil and Manaus city occupied the 4493rd place among the 5565 municipalities analyzed. Concerning the cities with more than 1 million habitants, Manaus was in the penultimate place, a frustrating result, since the city is the Amazon' capital, surrounded by the largest rainforest in the World. On the other hand, the cities with the best performances were Goiânia, Campinas, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, and Curitiba. Given this context, the research aims to investigate the urban afforestation's best management practices to propose suggestions for Manaus' public managers. The data collection and analysis are based in the study "Urbanistic Characteristics of the Surroundings of the Domiciles", besides obtaining information and documents from articles and websites of the governments and partners of the best city investigated. After the intersection of information, 36 good urban management practices were cataloged and proposed to Manaus' public managers.

scholarly journals Performing Place: A Rhythmanalysis of the City of London

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Nash
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Through its focus on the City of London as a particular work sector and setting, this paper emphasizes the symbolic and material significance of place to understanding the lived experiences of power relations within organizational life. The socio-cultural and material aspects of the City are explored through an analysis of the rhythms of place, as well through interview data. Using a methodological approach based on Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis in order to develop an embodied, immersive sense of how the City is experienced as a workplace, the paper makes a methodological, empirical and theoretical contribution to an understanding of the way in which rhythms shape how place is performed. Using rhythmanalysis as a method, the paper shows the relationship between rhythms and the performances of place, foregrounding a subjective, embodied and experiential way of researching the places and spaces of organizing.

scholarly journals High diversity of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated in Southern Brazil

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata O Soares ◽  
Gabriela R Cunha ◽  
Vinicius P Perez ◽  
Jussara L Siqueira ◽  
Gustavo E Sambrano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Clonal Spread ◽  
High Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Level Resistance

Background. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are common in some hospital settings and their clonal spread has been described in different regions of the world. We determined the antimicrobial susceptibility profile and the clonal relationship of VRE isolates recovered from inpatients at three general hospitals of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Results. Ninety-four VRE were characterized as Enterococcus faecium and exhibited resistance to teicoplanin, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, and susceptibility to linezolid, quinupristin-dalfopristin and daptomycin. High level resistance to gentamicin was detected in 13.8% of them. All VREfm harbored vanA gene, while 85.1% and 94.7% harbored respectively esp and acm virulence genes. PFGE profile analysis revealed 23 clonal types including 79 isolates, while 15 isolates exhibited unique pattern type, showing a polyclonal distribution of VREfm in Southern Brazil. Conclusion. These findings contribute to the local understanding regarding the characteristics of the circulating VREs in the region.

scholarly journals Us & Them:  Being at a Residential School, Perspectives from  Students, Staff and Whanau

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Porsha London
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Residential Schools ◽  
Analysis Procedure ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Diverse Learning

<p>Residential special education for students with diverse learning needs continues to be one of the most complex and contested areas on the education spectrum. This thesis explores a live-in boarding school for girls with special learning, social, emotional, and behavioural needs. The participants view was sought to understand the value placed on the school by those who use and provide the services. The methodological approach was a case study design underpinned by a constructivist paradigm. Twelve participants volunteered to be interviewed. The participants were made up from three stakeholder groups these were teachers, residential workers, students‟ and parents/whānau. An inductive content analysis procedure was used to identity four overarching themes. Overall, all stakeholders thought the school served a purpose and they strongly support a continuum of services, including special residential schools. However, there is clearly a stigma attached to the school, which seems to be a barrier to the school operating in a more inclusive way. This setting the participants believed was more inclusive for the girls as they did not experience the marginalization of the mainstream.</p>

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