Faculty Equity Issues: A Case Study in Policy and Employment Insecurity

10.31124/advance.14798550.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

DOUGLAS ROBERTSON ◽

Martha Pelaez ◽

Tania Santiago Perez

Keyword(s):

Research University ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Short Term ◽

Equity Issues ◽

Specific Policy ◽

Faculty Appointment ◽

Intentional Change ◽

Race Ethnicity

<p>This case study examines equity issues (gender, race/ethnicity, and faculty appointment type) related to a specific policy that focuses on improving performance and ranking metrics at a public metropolitan research university. The overarching issues include the negative unintended consequences of focusing on short-term objectives at the expense of the university’s long-term mission. This article builds on a ten-year line of research regarding intentional change at large public metropolitan research universities.</p>

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Short-term Care With Long-term Costs: The Unintended Consequences of EMTALA

Annals of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.433 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 69 (2) ◽

pp. 163-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karin V. Rhodes ◽

Kristofer L. Smith

Keyword(s):

Unintended Consequences ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Care

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Cordaid’s Post-Disaster Shelter Strategy in Haiti: Linking Relief and Development

Open House International ◽

10.1108/ohi-03-2014-b0009 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 77-85

Author(s):

Harmen Janse ◽

Kees van der Flier

Keyword(s):

Urban Area ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Life Support ◽

Comparative Case Study ◽

Urban Context ◽

Short Term ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Post Disaster

Haiti was struck by a heavy earthquake in 2010 and international aid poured into the country. News reports in 2011 were not very positive about the results of post-disaster reconstruction: “The relief efforts are only putting Haiti on life-support instead of evolving into the next stage of development”. One of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in Haiti was Cordaid, implementing a ‘transitional shelter strategy’ to support the transformation of neigh-bourhoods from a state of life-support into a state of self-sustaining development. The strategy was implemented in both a rural and an urban area. The main feature of the strategy was the provision of structures that could be adapted from simple shelters to permanent houses. Since the results of the strategy were mixed and ambiguous, a comparative case study was conducted to evaluate the shelter strategy in both areas. The objective was to draw lessons about what has to be taken into account when formulating future urban shelter strategies. The case study is discussed in this article. The main finding from the case study is that producing the intended number of shelters within the financial and time budgets that were set (efficiency), was more difficult in the urban area than in the rural area. But the conditions for linking relief and development (effectiveness) are more favourable in the urban context. NGOs may achieve long-term (effective) results in the urban context when a lower efficiency can be justified. That is why NGOs need to engage in a debate about the extent to which they are able to focus on long-term shelter or housing strategies. The important element in the debate is communication with the donors who are often focused on short-term relief measures. However urban areas cannot be rebuilt with only short-term interventions. The link between relief and development has to be made by a process-orientated approach focusing on capacities of local participants.

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Disaster Management and Continuity Planning in Libraries

International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management ◽

10.4018/ijrcm.2016010103 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 26-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Rebecca Hamilton ◽

Diane Brown

Keyword(s):

Success Factor ◽

Short Term ◽

Continuity Planning ◽

Critical Success ◽

Business Operations ◽

Asset Recovery ◽

Disaster Preparation

Libraries are taking on new roles in a disaster and with that comes strategic responsibilities beyond traditional asset recovery activities. In the past, library disaster plans have emphasized recovery of materials. Here, the emphasis is on continuing business operations. Libraries have become the centers of communication for their communities in a crisis. This article will demonstrate the essential role of libraries before, during and after a disaster, both short term and long term and how to get a seat at the table with community planners by demonstrating the functions that are critical to recovery. A literature review and case study are used to develop these recommendations. A critical success factor is to use a disaster preparation methodology that includes a business continuity plan.

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Challenges in modelling isoprene and monoterpene emission dynamics of Arctic plants: a case study from a subarctic tundra heath

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-13-6651-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (24) ◽

pp. 6651-6667 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jing Tang ◽

Guy Schurgers ◽

Hanna Valolahti ◽

Patrick Faubert ◽

Päivi Tiiva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Response Curve ◽

Large Scale ◽

Ecosystem Model ◽

The Arctic ◽

Short Term ◽

Response Curves ◽

Arctic Plants ◽

Scale Modelling

Abstract. The Arctic is warming at twice the global average speed, and the warming-induced increases in biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) emissions from Arctic plants are expected to be drastic. The current global models' estimations of minimal BVOC emissions from the Arctic are based on very few observations and have been challenged increasingly by field data. This study applied a dynamic ecosystem model, LPJ-GUESS, as a platform to investigate short-term and long-term BVOC emission responses to Arctic climate warming. Field observations in a subarctic tundra heath with long-term (13-year) warming treatments were extensively used for parameterizing and evaluating BVOC-related processes (photosynthesis, emission responses to temperature and vegetation composition). We propose an adjusted temperature (T) response curve for Arctic plants with much stronger T sensitivity than the commonly used algorithms for large-scale modelling. The simulated emission responses to 2 °C warming between the adjusted and original T response curves were evaluated against the observed warming responses (WRs) at short-term scales. Moreover, the model responses to warming by 4 and 8 °C were also investigated as a sensitivity test. The model showed reasonable agreement to the observed vegetation CO2 fluxes in the main growing season as well as day-to-day variability of isoprene and monoterpene emissions. The observed relatively high WRs were better captured by the adjusted T response curve than by the common one. During 1999–2012, the modelled annual mean isoprene and monoterpene emissions were 20 and 8 mg C m−2 yr−1, with an increase by 55 and 57 % for 2 °C summertime warming, respectively. Warming by 4 and 8 °C for the same period further elevated isoprene emission for all years, but the impacts on monoterpene emissions levelled off during the last few years. At hour-day scale, the WRs seem to be strongly impacted by canopy air T, while at the day–year scale, the WRs are a combined effect of plant functional type (PFT) dynamics and instantaneous BVOC responses to warming. The identified challenges in estimating Arctic BVOC emissions are (1) correct leaf T estimation, (2) PFT parameterization accounting for plant emission features as well as physiological responses to warming, and (3) representation of long-term vegetation changes in the past and the future.

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Alternatives to groundwater abstraction as a measure to stop land subsidence: a case study of Semarang, Indonesia

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/201912501003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 125 ◽

pp. 01003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wesley Beek ◽

Bart Letitre ◽

H. Hadiyanto ◽

S. Sudarno

Keyword(s):

Cost Benefit Analysis ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Drinking Water Treatment ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Groundwater Abstraction ◽

Short Term ◽

Treatment Services

The Water as Leverage project aims to lay a blueprint for urban coastal areas around the world that are facing a variety of water-related issues. The blueprint is based upon three real case studies in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia. The case of Indonesia focuses on Semarang, a city that faces issues like flooding, increased water demand, and a lack of wastewater treatment. In this report I summarise the different techniques available to tackling these issues. Along with this I provide a cost-benefit analysis to support decision makers. For a short term it is recommended to produce industrial water from (polluted) surface water as a means to offer an alternative to groundwater abstraction. On a long term it is recommended to install additional wastewater and drinking water treatment services to facilitate better hygiene and a higher quality of life.

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Time Series Forecasting in Retail Sales Using LSTM and Prophet

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Handbook of Research on Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Business and Industry ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-6985-6.ch011 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 241-262

Author(s):

Clony Junior ◽

Pedro Gusmão ◽

José Moreira ◽

Ana Maria M. Tome

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Data Science ◽

Short Term Memory ◽

Special Kind ◽

Time Series Forecasting ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Memory ◽

Use Of Time

Data science highlights fields of study and research such as time series, which, although widely explored in the past, gain new perspectives in the context of this discipline. This chapter presents two approaches to time series forecasting, long short-term memory (LSTM), a special kind of recurrent neural network (RNN), and Prophet, an open-source library developed by Facebook for time series forecasting. With a focus on developing forecasting processes by data mining or machine learning experts, LSTM uses gating mechanisms to deal with long-term dependencies, reducing the short-term memory effect inherent to the traditional RNN. On the other hand, Prophet encapsulates statistical and computational complexity to allow broad use of time series forecasting, prioritizing the expert's business knowledge through exploration and experimentation. Both approaches were applied to a retail time series. This case study comprises daily and half-hourly forecasts, and the performance of both methods was measured using the standard metrics.

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