The “Ecumene” as a Paradigmatic Political Symbol: Comparison between Voegelin’s “The Chinese Ecumene” and Zhao’s “Tianxia System” (Draft Version)

Abstract This project originated more than 15 years ago with the intent to produce a glossary of drug metabolism terms having definitions especially applicable for use by practicing medicinal chemists. A first-draft version underwent extensive beta-testing that, fortuitously, engaged international audiences in a wide range of disciplines involved in drug discovery and development. It became clear that the inclusion of information to enhance discussions among this mix of participants would be even more valuable. The present version retains a chemical structure theme while expanding tutorial comments that aim to bridge the various perspectives that may arise during interdisciplinary communications about a given term. This glossary is intended to be educational for early stage researchers, as well as useful for investigators at various levels who participate on today’s highly multidisciplinary, collaborative small molecule drug discovery teams.

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Lidar uncertainty and beam averaging correction

Advances in Science and Research ◽

10.5194/asr-12-85-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 85-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. Giyanani ◽

W. Bierbooms ◽

G. van Bussel

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Wind Energy ◽

Complex Terrain ◽

New Technology ◽

Resource Assessment ◽

International Guideline ◽

Wind Resource Assessment ◽

Draft Version ◽

Wind Resource ◽

Atmospheric Variables

Abstract. Remote sensing of the atmospheric variables with the use of Lidar is a relatively new technology field for wind resource assessment in wind energy. A review of the draft version of an international guideline (CD IEC 61400-12-1 Ed.2) used for wind energy purposes is performed and some extra atmospheric variables are taken into account for proper representation of the site. A measurement campaign with two Leosphere vertical scanning WindCube Lidars and metmast measurements is used for comparison of the uncertainty in wind speed measurements using the CD IEC 61400-12-1 Ed.2. The comparison revealed higher but realistic uncertainties. A simple model for Lidar beam averaging correction is demonstrated for understanding deviation in the measurements. It can be further applied for beam averaging uncertainty calculations in flat and complex terrain.

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Analysis System for Emotional Behavior in Football (ASEB-F): Matches of FC Red Bull Salzburg without Supporters during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Draft version 2 06-12-2020

10.31234/osf.io/9pckv ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Christian Leitner ◽

Fabio Richlan

Keyword(s):

External Factor ◽

Relative Increase ◽

Emotional Behavior ◽

Football Players ◽

Draft Version ◽

European Football ◽

Temporal Occurrence ◽

Analysis System ◽

And Behavior ◽

Red Bull

During the COVID-19 pandemic the “Austrian Bundesliga” – as in many other European football leagues – resumed the season around the end of May 2020 without supporters in the stadiums. These so-called “ghost games” represent a unique and unprecedented opportunity to study the effects of the (missing) audience on the behavior and experience of sports professionals. The present study is the first of its kind, aimed at addressing the psychological effects of these “ghost games” on football players, staff, and officials.The newly developed “Analysis System for Emotional Behavior in Football” (ASEB-F) was used to video analyze and compare the behavior of players, staff, and officials in – in sum – 20 games of FC Red Bull Salzburg in the “Championship Groups” of season 2018/19 (“regular games”) and season 2019/20 (“ghost games”). Additionally, the two seasons were compared based on official matchday statistics.Overall, there were 19.5% fewer emotional situations in “ghost games” than in “regular games”. The results further show a relative increase in the number of emotional behaviors “Self-Adaptor” (+0.8%), “Protest” (+4.2%) and “Fair-Play-Behavior” (+3.1%) in “ghost games”, whereas “Words fight” (-5.1%) and “Discussion” (-5.1%) decreased in “ghost games”. In “regular games” referees were actively involved in 39.4% of all documented emotional situations, whereas in “ghost games” referees were actively involved in only 25.2% of all documented emotional situations (-14.2%). Chronological analysis within games – from kick-on to kick-off – further shows substantial differences in the temporal occurrence of emotional behavior between “regular games” and “ghost games”.The study provides unprecedented insights into the effects of missing supporters in the football games during the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional behavior on the pitch. Without the external factor of supporters, players and staff acted more factually and got less carried away with longer lasting and extensive “Words fights” and “Discussion”. The evidence from this study indicates that – from a sport psychological perspective – the absence of supporters has a substantial influence on the experience and behavior of players, staff, and officials alike.

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Evidence-based practice questionnaire for physical therapists: Portuguese translation, adaptation, validity, and reliability

Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare ◽

10.17267/2675-021xevidence.v1i2.2575 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 83

Author(s):

Ricardo Maia Ferreira ◽

Pedro Lopes Ferreira ◽

Luis Cavalheiro ◽

José Alberto Duarte ◽

Rui Soles Gonçalves

Keyword(s):

Internal Consistency ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Physical Therapists ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Average Percentage ◽

European Portuguese ◽

Draft Version ◽

The Mean ◽

Test Retest Reliability

BACKGROUND: Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is becoming increasingly important in Physical Therapy (PT). For proper designing, implementing, disseminating and evaluating EBP in PT, a valid and reliable questionnaire measuring attitudes, knowledge, behavior, prerequisites, and barriers related to EBP and guidelines is needed. One questionnaire that could be used to collect this information is the “EBP Questionnaire”, developed by Jette et al. 2003. However, to our knowledge, no Portuguese version or published study with the Portuguese PT population was performed using this questionnaire. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate the “EBP Questionnaire” to European Portuguese and for the PT population. Material and Methods: A draft version was pilot tested for content validity (n=17), and a revised version was tested for test-retest reliability (n=72). The percentage of agreement and the Kappa coefficients between the 2 tests were analyzed. Additionally, the internal consistency was calculated. RESULTS: The preliminary final version of the European Portuguese EBP questionnaire was well accepted (only the items 22, 23, 45-51 needed to be reviewed). The mean average percentage of agreement was 82% (ranged 58–97%), and the Kappa coefficients were 0.658 (ranged 0.336–0.844). In the internal consistency, the mean average Cronbach’s α coefficients were 0.665 (ranged 0.365–0.879). CONCLUSION: The results suggested that this questionnaire can be a useful instrument for measuring self-reported beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors related to EBP in the Portuguese PTs context.

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Preparing for the Trend of Aging in Place: Identifying Interprofessional Competencies for Integrated Care Professionals

Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing ◽

10.17079/jkgn.2021.23.3.273 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 273-284

Author(s):

Eun Jeong Choi ◽

Myonghwa Park

Keyword(s):

Scoping Review ◽

Community Care ◽

Service Providers ◽

Core Competencies ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Cochrane Library ◽

Job Descriptions ◽

Draft Version ◽

Competency Based ◽

Interprofessional Competencies

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify interprofessional competencies for the integrated community care of older people.Methods: This study used a methodological approach, and the specific process aimed to identify the components of interprofessional competencies for integrated community care using a scoping review and validating the identified competencies with the Delphi method. The scoping review first identified relevant studies through the following electronic databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. We then selected studies that met the inclusion criteria and analyzed their results to identify a draft version of the competencies. Expert panels validated the list of competencies through two rounds of the Delphi survey.Results: The two rounds of the Delphi survey revealed consensus. Finally, we developed an interprofessional competency for integrated community care comprising 19 interprofessional core competencies, 20 integrated core care competencies for community care administrators, 13 integrated core care competencies for care coordinators, 13 integrated core care competencies for local service providers, and 12 integrated core care competencies for community health leaders.Conclusion: This study can help inform job descriptions, evaluate the relevant professionals’ performance, and develop a competency-based curriculum for better practice.

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Photostat of the first draft version of the Table of Contents of the whole work (pp. 222–223)

Political Economy ◽

10.1016/b978-0-08-016572-1.50010-1 ◽

1971 ◽

pp. 222-223

Keyword(s):

Draft Version

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ODACE SLA

International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering ◽

10.4018/jssoe.2010070101 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 1-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kaouthar Fakhfakh ◽

Tarak Chaari ◽

Said Tazi ◽

Mohamed Jmaiel ◽

Khalil Drira

Keyword(s):

Service Providers ◽

Service Level Agreement ◽

Service Level ◽

Second Step ◽

Technical Knowledge ◽

Complex Task ◽

Semantic Matching ◽

The Third ◽

Draft Version ◽

Fourth Step

The establishment of Service Level Agreements between service providers and clients remains a complex task regarding the uninterrupted growth of the IT market. In fact, it is important to ensure a clear and fair establishment of these SLAs especially when providers and clients do not share the same technical knowledge. To address this problem, the authors started modeling client intentions and provider offers using ontologies. These models helped them in establishing and implementing a complete semantic matching approach containing four main steps. The first step consists of generating correspondences between the client and the provider terms by assigning certainties for their equivalence. The second step corrects and refines these certainties. In the third step, the authors evaluate the matching results using inference rules, and in the fourth step, a draft version of a Service Level Agreement is automatically generated in case of compatibility.

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Developing Citylab Post-Construction—A Swedish Certification System to Evaluate the Sustainability of Urban Areas

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12114454 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 4454

Author(s):

Jonas Lind ◽

Tove Malmqvist ◽

Josefin Wangel

Keyword(s):

Process Design ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Construction Sector ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Sustainability Performance ◽

Certification System ◽

Research Through Design ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Draft Version ◽

Per Se

This paper describes the development of Citylab Post-Construction, a Swedish certification system for evaluating the sustainability performance of urban areas in a post-construction phase once the area is inhabited. The process design was based on transdisciplinary and research-through-design approaches, and involved experts and practitioners within Swedish urban planning, real estate and construction sector. This paper is not highlighting the certification system per se, but rather the process of developing it, with the aim of increasing the understanding of such design processes. A previously developed, but so far untested, framework of key considerations for certification systems was used to clarify benefits and drawbacks of different design decisions. The framework was used in all steps of the process, from defining the overall structure, to selecting indicators, formulating detailed requirements and assessing comments of the open consultation of a draft version. The framework of key considerations proved useful in supporting this process, by highlighting conflicts as well as synergies and creating transparency with respect to trade-offs needed between being e.g., scientifically credible but still practical enough. While it is difficult to separate the framework from the process in which it was put to use, we believe that the framework can be supportive also in other processes, both for developing new certification systems or for refining and evaluating existing ones.

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Managing Process Compliance

Information Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-93177-741-4.ch004 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 48-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Larry Y.C. Cheung ◽

Ray J. Dawson

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Best Practice ◽

Workflow Systems ◽

Administrative Process ◽

Industry Standard ◽

Workflow System ◽

Industry Standards ◽

Draft Version ◽

Process Compliance ◽

Standards And Guidelines

The current best practice of providing reliable systems is to embody the development process in recent industry standards and guidelines, such as IEC61508 for safety and ISO9001 for quality assurance. These standards are generic, but every application is different because of the differences in project details. While current workflow systems have been used successfully in managing “administrative” process for some time, current products lack the ability to ensure that a process is planned and performed such that it complies with an industry standard that is necessary to support particular engineering processes. This chapter presents a Compliance Flow Workflow System for managing processes. Model-based reasoning is used to identify the compliance errors of a process by matching it against the model of standards used. Some examples drawing on a draft version of IEC61508 are used to illustrate the mechanism of modeling and compliance checks.

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