scholarly journals Pasture establishment on non-cultivable hill country: a review of the New Zealand literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 213-224
Author(s):  
K.N. Tozer ◽  
G.B. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
Seed Quality ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Sowing Time ◽  
Hill Country

Steep, non-cultivable hill country below 1000 m comprises about 40% of New Zealand's land surface and is known as "hill country". It is used predominantly for mixed livestock farming, and makes a large contribution to the national economy. Recently there has been renewed interest by industry and government in germplasm introduction through pasture establishment to increase forage supply in these difficult environments. In this review, establishment is defined as development of a sown pasture species to a stage where it is able to reseed. The aim of this review was to determine the effect of key factors associated with pre-sowing management, sowing, and post-sowing management on establishment, including: site selection, herbicides, the role of litter, grazing management, burning, weed and pest control, fallow, fertiliser, species selection, seed quality, sowing time, sowing method, sowing rate, seed inoculation, coating and pelleting, natural reseeding and dissemination of seeds by animals. Over 120 studies were reviewed. A secondary aim was to highlight directions for future research. Keywords: establishment success, sowing, pasture renewal, oversowing

The role of the land surface in Sahelian climate: HAPEX-Sahel results and future research needs

1997 ◽  
Vol 188-189 ◽  
pp. 1067-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Dolman ◽  
J.H.C. Gash ◽  
J.-P. Goutorbe ◽  
Y. Kerr ◽  
T. Lebel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs

scholarly journals Informing Agility in the Context of Organizational Changes

10.28945/4789 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 019-030
Author(s):  
Rimvydas Skyrius ◽  
Mindaugas Krutinis ◽  
Svetlana Nemitko ◽  
Justina Valentukevičė ◽  
Norbert Andžej Gulbinovič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
Decision Choices ◽  
Global Shocks ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Depth Interviews

Aim/Purpose. This paper, although conceived earlier than the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, addresses the problem of informing agility as part of organizational agility that has become a rather important issue for business survival. Background. While the general issues of business informing, and business intelligence (BI) in particular, have been widely researched, the dynamics of informing, their ability to act in accord with changes in business and preserve the key competencies has not been widely researched. In particular, the research on BI agility is rather scattered, and many issues need to be clarified. Methodology. A series of in-depth interviews with BI professionals to determine relations between organizational agility and BI agility, and to round up a set of key factors of BI agility. Contribution. The paper clarifies a candidate set of key factors of BI agility and gives ground for future research in relations with areas like corporate and BI resilience and culture. Findings. The interview results show the relations between organizational changes, and changes in BI activities. BI has limited potential in recognizing important external changes but can be rather helpful in making decision choices and detecting internal problems. Lack of communication between business and IT people, existence of data silos and shadow BI, and general inadequacy of organizational and BI culture are the key factors impairing BI agility. Recommendations for Practitioners. There are practical issues around BI agility that need solving, like the reason-able coverage of standards or creation of a dedicated unit to care about BI potential. Recommendations for Researchers. The research is still in its starting phase, but additional interesting directions start to emerge, like relations between BI agility, resilience and corporate agility, or the role of informing culture and BI culture for BI agility issues. Impact on Society. Agile business, especially in times of global shocks like COVID-19, loses less value and has more chances to survive. Future Research. Most likely this will be focused on the relations between BI agility, resilience, and corporate agility, and the role of informing culture and BI culture for BI agility issues.

scholarly journals The role of communicative failures in the creation of Internet memes

2020 ◽  
pp. 164-174
Author(s):  
Iryna Sapozhnyk ◽  
Nataliia Tsygan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Successful Communication ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Communicative Act ◽  
The Creation

The article deals with the notion of communicative failure as one of the key issues in communicative linguistics. The types of communicative failures are examined and the main causes that become a catalyst for the creation of Internet memes are analyzed. Scientists in communicative linguistics mainly explore the processes that help to create the images of a "perfect speaker" or a "perfect listener", since the factors which contribute to successful communication are certainly one of the most important tasks in this field. However, taking into account all the key factors that may influence a communicative act when using a language in the process of real communication, there is always a place for linguistic asymmetry. Therefore, it is not surprising that one of the main issues in communicative linguistics is the phenomenon of communicative failure, its causes and consequences. Having analyzed a certain number of memes according to the generalized classification of F. S. Batsevych in order to identify the main reasons for the Internet memes formation, we conclude that communicative failure is a very popular phenomenon, which occurs constantly and everywhere, where interaction takes place. All types of communicative failures can serve as a background for Internet memes. In our future research, we intend to focus on exploring the strategies and tactics of the communicative act based on English-language Internet memes.

scholarly journals Science for a wilder Anthropocene: Synthesis and future directions for trophic rewilding research

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 898-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens-Christian Svenning ◽  
Pil B. M. Pedersen ◽  
C. Josh Donlan ◽  
Rasmus Ejrnæs ◽  
Søren Faurby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trophic Cascades ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Large Animals

Trophic rewilding is an ecological restoration strategy that uses species introductions to restore top-down trophic interactions and associated trophic cascades to promote self-regulating biodiverse ecosystems. Given the importance of large animals in trophic cascades and their widespread losses and resulting trophic downgrading, it often focuses on restoring functional megafaunas. Trophic rewilding is increasingly being implemented for conservation, but remains controversial. Here, we provide a synthesis of its current scientific basis, highlighting trophic cascades as the key conceptual framework, discussing the main lessons learned from ongoing rewilding projects, systematically reviewing the current literature, and highlighting unintentional rewilding and spontaneous wildlife comebacks as underused sources of information. Together, these lines of evidence show that trophic cascades may be restored via species reintroductions and ecological replacements. It is clear, however, that megafauna effects may be affected by poorly understood trophic complexity effects and interactions with landscape settings, human activities, and other factors. Unfortunately, empirical research on trophic rewilding is still rare, fragmented, and geographically biased, with the literature dominated by essays and opinion pieces. We highlight the need for applied programs to include hypothesis testing and science-based monitoring, and outline priorities for future research, notably assessing the role of trophic complexity, interplay with landscape settings, land use, and climate change, as well as developing the global scope for rewilding and tools to optimize benefits and reduce human–wildlife conflicts. Finally, we recommend developing a decision framework for species selection, building on functional and phylogenetic information and with attention to the potential contribution from synthetic biology.

scholarly journals Key factors of project success in family small and medium-sized companies: the theoretical review

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Sinisa Arsic
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Family Enterprise ◽  
Regional Markets ◽  
The Eu

The paper proposes a systematization of the key success factors of projects, through the theoretical review of family-owned companies operating in the EU market. It is the small and medium companies that in their own way contribute to the overall success of the national economy in terms of economic activity, increased employment, development activities and defining better business environment. The theoretical review observed numerous studies of family businesses, and the contribution of this work is in the systematization of the results of previous research – over three horizons, i.e., over the role of managers in the creation of successful projects (or owner if it is a family enterprise), institutional support for companies in Serbia and the EU, specific industries and the parent (regional) markets where a family company operates. Project management, as a general representation of the concept of implementation of strategic and operational endeavors, contains many specifics in terms of critical success factors of projects depending on the environment in which they are implemented. The goal of the paper is reflected in the identification and presentation of critical success factors of projects implemented in family companies. The paper concludes with a discussion of the research results in relation to the existing, similar research studies, as well as with the announcement of future research, which will examine the conclusions drawn on a real sample.

scholarly journals Keeping Students in by Sending Them out: Retention and Service-Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Mae Yob
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Student Attrition ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tinto's Model

<p>This review of recent literature examines the research on the impact of service-learning on student retention.  The theoretical framework of the review draws on both Tinto’s model of student attrition and Knowles’s theory of adult learning, which together suggest that academic and social integration, active participation and engagement in learning, and application and relevancy of the subject-matter under study are key factors in student success. The role of these factors has been confirmed in a growing body of research around learning experiences in general and, as this review shows, particularly in service-learning experiences. Suggestions are made for how future research might expand and critically deepen this evidence and offers some implications for service-learning as a means of improving student retention.</p>

scholarly journals The Role of the Livestock Farming Industry in Supporting the Global Agricultural Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan Said
Keyword(s):  
Raw Material ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Livestock Industry ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Main Support ◽  
Farming Industry

The livestock farming industry is a strategic industry and has a very important potential for the advancement of the agricultural industry. The livestock farming industry is an industry that plays a role in providing protein food for most of the world’s population. Not only as a food provider, but also having a very large contribution to the progress of agricultural cultivation in the world. The livestock industry contributes part of the needs of the agricultural industry through the provision of environmentally friendly organic fertilizers. The integration of the livestock farming industry and the agricultural industry is a mutually supportive system. The integration of plants with livestock is basically an agricultural system characterized by a close relationship between plant and livestock components in a farm in a certain area. The bio-mass waste products from the agricultural industry can be used as a source of animal feed or as raw material for compost. The combination of the livestock industry with the agricultural industry provides enormous economic value for the development of the livestock and agricultural sectors. In Indonesia, the concept of integration between the livestock industry and the agricultural industry has been proven to improve the standard of living and economic status of the community. Some important materials will be discussed in more depth in this paper, including: (1) integration between livestock and rice, (2) integration between goats and cacao plants, (3) integration of livestock with oil palm, (4) integration of ruminants with cassava plants, and (5) integration of cattle with horticultural crops. Utilization of livestock and agricultural waste can reduce environmental burdens. Livestock farming industrial waste in the form of manure can be combined with agricultural wastes. This waste can be used as raw material for organic fertilizers which can be used as a fertilizer provider to support the cultivation of food crops, horticulture and plantations. The development of livestock in an area can encourage farmers to fill their vacant land to be planted with forage. Guidance efforts that will be carried out will be oriented towards land conservation. This is done through the arrangement of forage planting. Therefore, this will have a positive impact on increasing forage production. This effort will ultimately support the improvement of feeding patterns, proper land arrangement and being able to reduce the rate of erosion. The existence of livestock will add a source of manure. This is certainly synonymous with increasing land fertility which can provide business opportunities in optimizing land use diversification. The role of livestock in the livestock industry is the main support and complement in the system of integration in the livestock industry-agricultural industry.

scholarly journals Informing Agility in the Context of Organizational Changes

10.28945/4779 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rimvydas Skyrius ◽  
Mindaugas Krutinis ◽  
Svetlana Nemitko ◽  
Justina Valentukevičė ◽  
Norbert Andžej Gulbinovič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
Decision Choices ◽  
Global Shocks ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Depth Interviews

Aim/Purpose: This paper, although conceived earlier than the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, addresses the problem of informing agility as part of organizational agility that has become a rather important issue for business survival. Background: While the general issues of business informing, and business intelligence (BI) in particular, have been widely researched, the dynamics of informing, their ability to act in accord with changes in business and preserve the key competencies has not been widely researched. In particular, the research on BI agility is rather scattered, and many issues need to be clarified. Methodology: A series of in-depth interviews with BI professionals to determine relations between organizational agility and BI agility, and to round up a set of key factors of BI agility. Contribution: The paper clarifies a candidate set of key factors of BI agility and gives ground for future research in relations with areas like corporate and BI resilience and culture. Findings: The interview results show the relations between organizational changes, and changes in BI activities. BI has limited potential in recognizing important external changes but can be rather helpful in making decision choices and detecting internal problems. Lack of communication between business and IT people, existence of data silos and shadow BI, and general inadequacy of organizational and BI culture are the key factors impairing BI agility. Recommendations for Practitioners: There are practical issues around BI agility that need solving, like the reason-able coverage of standards or creation of a dedicated unit to care about BI potential. Recommendations for Researchers: The research is still in its starting phase, but additional interesting directions start to emerge, like relations between BI agility, resilience and corporate agility, or the role of informing culture and BI culture for BI agility issues. Impact on Society: Agile business, especially in times of global shocks like COVID-19, loses less value and has more chances to survive. Future Research: Most likely this will be focused on the relations between BI agility, resilience, and corporate agility, and the role of informing culture and BI culture for BI agility issues. NOTE: This Proceedings paper was revised and published in Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline , 24, 19-30. Click DOWNLOAD PDF to download the published paper.

scholarly journals COVID-19: In the Eye of the Cytokine Storm

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto de la Rica ◽  
Marcio Borges ◽  
Marta Gonzalez-Freire
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Inflammatory Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cytokine Storm ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Inflammatory State

The dysregulated release of cytokines has been identified as one of the key factors behind poorer outcomes in COVID-19. This &lsquo;cytokine storm &lsquo;produces an excessive inflammatory and immune response, especially in the lungs, leading to acute respiratory distress (ARDS), pulmonary edema and multi-organ failure. Alleviating this inflammatory state is crucial to improve prognosis. Pro-inflammatory factors play a central role in COVID-19 severity, especially in patients with comorbidities In these situations, an overactive, untreated immune response can be deadly, suggesting that mortality in COVID-19 cases is likely due to this virally driven hyperinflammation. Administering immunomodulators has not yielded conclusive improvements in other pathologies characterized by dysregulated inflammation such as sepsis, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS. The success of these drugs at reducing COVID-19-driven inflammation is still anecdotal and comes with serious risks. It is also imperative to screen the elderly for risk factors that predispose them to severe COVID-19. Immunosenescence and comorbidities should be taken into consideration. In this review, we summarize the latest data available about the role of the cytokine storm in COVID-19 disease severity as well as potential therapeutic approaches to ameliorate it. We also examine the role of inflammation in other diseases often comorbid with COVID-19, such as aging, sepsis, and pulmonary disorders. Finally, we identify gaps in our knowledge and suggest priorities for future research aimed at stratifying patients according to risk as well as personalizing therapies in the context of COVID19-driven hyperinflammation.

scholarly journals Employee Voice: The Missing Factor in Sustainable HRM?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9732
Author(s):  
Renee Paulet ◽  
Peter Holland ◽  
Andrew Bratton
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice

Sustainable Human Resource Management (HRM), has the potential to facilitate organisations development of principles, policies and practices for the challenges of the 21st century. However, to do this we argue a fundamental element in this process has yet to be fully addressed and incorporated into the theory and practice of sustainable HRM; this is employee voice. Additionally, the actual and potential role of trade unions in facilitating employee voice is yet to be conceptualised within sustainable HRM literature. We argue that the development of effective employee voice mechanisms is vital in the implementation and maintenance of sustainable HRM. In this conceptual paper, we outline the nature of the voice architecture, the impact of the employment relationship on voice mechanisms, how it can be effectively measured, and propose a framework for further exploring these concepts. These key factors we identify as critical in implementing and assessing the effectiveness of the relationship between employee voice and sustainable HRM, to potentially serve as a basis of future research into sustainable HRM.

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