scholarly journals Employee Volunteerism—Conceptual Study and the Current Situation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8378
Author(s):  
Anita Kolnhofer Derecskei ◽  
Viktor Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Third Party ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Employee Volunteerism ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
External Organization ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Working Situation ◽  
Statistical Indicators

The purpose of the study is to analyze employee volunteerism. This issue had not been studied on a broader international level earlier. This research firstly discovers altruism and volunteerism values in the economy. Then, based on the third-party model, observes each part, where participants are the (1) volunteer (employee) (2) company (and its CSR activity) and (3) an external organization, which manages this type of formal volunteerism. Each participant was analyzed through comprehensive analysis using descriptive and inference statistics and classification methods on complex, extensive secondary databases. Altogether, more than 10,000 respondents’ answers are examined from two worldwide surveys, and further ten international statistical indicators and indices are explored. These methods result in volunteer characteristics on a personal level, afterwards in country classification, which provides a cultural comparison of the employee volunteerism. Our findings prove that demographical differences do not, but company-level actions influence the intensity of formal volunteerism. Moreover, three main clusters (formed from 43 countries) show different values. This diversity might partly be caused by measurement fragmentations and lack of internationally accepted definitions and theories. This paper aims to provide a broader overview of the topic, which might be a useful starting point for the forthcoming aggregated conceptualization. Employee volunteers’ behavior arises from the personal value of volunteerism. However, the attendance and intensity of voluntary activity are primarily influenced by the environment (e.g., life period, living and working situation). Employee volunteerism programs are an important and essential part of CSR at the company level, and strongly frames this activity, where employee volunteerism could associate each participant’s interests and improve their values. However, the practices may differ in each country and in each sector. The current pandemic rewrote the traditional volunteerism model and our projection. The last chapter provides a preliminary study about how employee volunteerism could work in this extraordinary, COVID-19 situation.

scholarly journals Lags in the release, adoption, and propagation of npm vulnerability fixes

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bodin Chinthanet ◽  
Raula Gaikovina Kula ◽  
Shane McIntosh ◽  
Takashi Ishio ◽  
Akinori Ihara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Software Ecosystem ◽  
Security Vulnerability ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Client Side

AbstractSecurity vulnerability in third-party dependencies is a growing concern not only for developers of the affected software, but for the risks it poses to an entire software ecosystem, e.g., Heartbleed vulnerability. Recent studies show that developers are slow to respond to the threat of vulnerability, sometimes taking four to eleven months to act. To ensure quick adoption and propagation of a release that contains the fix (fixing release), we conduct an empirical investigation to identify lags that may occur between the vulnerable release and its fixing release (package-side fixing release). Through a preliminary study of 231 package-side fixing release of npm projects on GitHub, we observe that a fixing release is rarely released on its own, with up to 85.72% of the bundled commits being unrelated to a fix. We then compare the package-side fixing release with changes on a client-side (client-side fixing release). Through an empirical study of the adoption and propagation tendencies of 1,290 package-side fixing releases that impact throughout a network of 1,553,325 releases of npm packages, we find that stale clients require additional migration effort, even if the package-side fixing release was quick (i.e., package-side fixing releasetypeSpatch). Furthermore, we show the influence of factors such as the branch that the package-side fixing release lands on and the severity of vulnerability on its propagation. In addition to these lags we identify and characterize, this paper lays the groundwork for future research on how to mitigate propagation lags in an ecosystem.

scholarly journals Preliminary study of the enzyme ubiquitin carboxylterminal hydrolase 14 (UBP6) in Giardia intestinalis: structural bioinformatic analysis and transcriptional profile during encystation

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Magda E Alvarado ◽  
Camila A González ◽  
Moisés Wasserman ◽  
Claudia C Rubiano
Keyword(s):  
Protein Turnover ◽  
Bioinformatic Analysis ◽  
Giardia Intestinalis ◽  
Deubiquitinating Enzyme ◽  
Combined Approach ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Family ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Carboxyl Terminal

This paper presents a combined approach<br />with two aims. The first is to analyze the<br />reported sequence of the enzyme ubiquitin<br />carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 14 of Giardia<br />intestinalis (UBP6) through computational<br />methods to find components related with<br />its hypothetical function. The second is<br />to determine if the protein-coding gene is<br />expressed in G. intestinalis and, if such is<br />the case, also determine its transcription<br />pattern along the life cycle of the parasite. It<br />was established that the protein belongs to<br />the family of Cys-dependent deubiquitinases<br />and more specifically to ubiquitin specific<br />proteases (USPs). Moreover, the catalytic<br />center with the complete triad as well as<br />typical features of the USP motif were also<br />identified. Since the computational findings<br />suggest that the enzyme could be functional,<br />reverse transcription coupled to PCR was<br />used as a first approach to establish if in fact<br />the coding gene is expressed in the parasite.<br />Interestingly, it was found not only that<br />the gene is expressed, but also that there<br />is a transcription variation along the life<br />cycle of the parasite. These two findings are<br />the starting point for further studies since<br />they tentatively suggest that this enzyme<br />could be involved in the protein turnover<br />that occurs during parasite encystation.<br />Although preliminary, this study is the first<br />report concerning the study of a specific<br />deubiquitinating enzyme in the parasite G.<br />intestinalis.

scholarly journals Treatments’ Complexity in Dental Care Assistance, Urban Versus Rural Environment - Preliminary Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
Camelia Ionescu ◽  
Mădălina Adriana Malița ◽  
Viorel Ștefan Perieanu ◽  
Mihai Burlibașa ◽  
Magdalena Natalia Dina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Care ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural Environment ◽  
Facial Region ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Dental Offices ◽  
Care Assistance ◽  
Urban Versus ◽  
Made In

Abstract When talking about dental assistance we actually refer to the prevention, detection and treatment of diseases of the oral and maxillo-facial region which, in most cases, have as a starting point or interest the dento-maxillary system. In this material, we tried to present a comparative study on the typology and complexity of different stages of dental treatments that can be performed in urban areas, compared to various stages of dental treatments that are performed and / or could be made in rural dental offices from in Romania.

scholarly journals GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION MODELLING FOR KUALA LUMPUR WATER RESOURCE PLANNING

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter E. Stek
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Groundwater Extraction ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Alternative Sources

Portable water consumption in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding area is expected to grow by 34% from 2005 to 2010. This increase in demand will be met by the construction of new reservoirs. However, reservoirs are dependent on rainfall and during prolonged periods of drought, as occurred in 1998, they could become empty. Therefore it is of great importance to develop alternative sources of water supply, including groundwater, to mitigate the effects of a serious water crisis. In this paper, results from a preliminary study on Kuala Lumpur's groundwater resources are presented. Modelling of the city's groundwater resources is extremely difficult given the limitations imposed by data availability and the karstic nature of some aquifers. Hence, the research presented here serves as a starting point for further studies rather than providing any definitive conclusions. In addition to the study results, the planning implications of groundwater extraction are discussed.

Social marketing: an Islamic perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahamudul Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Marketing Principles ◽  
Marketing Intervention

Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose and develop a new perspective in Islamic Marketing by Integrating Islamic Marketing principles and the conventional Social Marketing discipline. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual study that is based on academic contributions gathered from the works of key academicians of Islamic Marketing and Social Marketing discipline. The author also presents personal viewpoints regarding the discipline. Conventional social marketing practices in various Muslim and non-Muslim countries have been studied with theoretical discussions. A critical approach has been applied in this study to assimilate Islamic marketing principles with existing social marketing theories. Findings The author proposes a distinct discipline of Islamic Marketing, which is termed as Islamic Social Marketing. The new discipline has been compared with conventional social marketing framework and practices to demonstrate its distinctive features. The critical analysis and discussion exhibit that the proposed new discipline has both similarities and dissimilarities with present social marketing theories and practices. Originality/value This study contributes to Islamic Marketing discipline by proposing a unique field that has been termed as “Islamic Social Marketing”. Although many studies have been conducted on Islamic marketing, the analysis of social marketing in light of Islamic Marketing principles remains clearly in a vacuum-like situation. The current research work is a starting point for academic discussions on this issue that can provide guidelines to develop social marketing intervention programs for Muslim-dominated societies and assist Islamic value-driven social marketing practitioners.

scholarly journals Portal Design for the Open Data Initiative: A Preliminary Study

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (19) ◽  
pp. 1244
Author(s):  
Netzahualcoyotl Hernandez ◽  
Ian McChesney ◽  
Joe Rafferty ◽  
Chris Nugent ◽  
Jonathan Synnott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Technical Review ◽  
Pervasive Health ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Variable Quality

The Open Data Initiative (ODI) has been previously proposed to facilitate the sharing of annotated datasets within the pervasive health care research community. This paper outlines the requirements for the ODI portal based on the ontological data model of the ODI and its typical usage scenarios. In the context of an action research framework, the paper outlines the ODI platform, the design of a prototype user interface for the purposes of initial evaluation and its technical review by third-party researchers (n = 3). The main findings from the technical review were found to be the need for a more flexible user interface to reflect the different experimental configurations in the research community, provision for describing dataset usage, and dissemination conditions. The technical review also identified the value of permitting datasets with variable quality, as noisy datasets are useful in the testing of activity recognition algorithms. Revisions to the ODI ontology and platform are proposed based on the findings from this study.

scholarly journals Tacitus und Sima Qian: Persönliche Erfahrung und historiographische Perspektive

Philologus ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fritz-Heiner Mutschler
Keyword(s):  
Han Dynasty ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Thinking ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Sima Qian ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Chinese Historiography ◽  
The One

AbstractTacitus and Sima Qian (ca. 140-85 BC, author of the Shiji, the Records of the Historian) are eminent representatives of Roman and ancient Chinese historiography. The starting-point of the paper is a striking parallel between the two historians: During the reign of autocratic emperors (of the last of the Flavian emperors, Domitian, and of the most powerful of the Han-emperors Wudi) both authors undergo experiences which not only affect them on a personal level, but also influence their historiographie practice. The paper traces this influence with respect to the representations of individual historical characters. On the one hand it analyses the representations of rulers: of Tiberius, adoptive son and successor of Augustus, and of Wendi, natural son and (indirect) successor of Gaodi, the founder of the Han-dynasty; on the other hand it studies the representations of second and third rank characters such as senators, ministers, generals, and - in the case of Sima Qian - also of people from other walks of life. The similarities which can be observed between the two authors point to the existence of certain anthropological constants, whereas the differences are to be attributed to basic differences in Roman and Chinese political thinking and to differing degrees of the intensity of the experiences undergone by each historian.

Re-inventing model-based decision support with Australian dryland farmers. 1. Changing intervention concepts during 17 years of action research

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. McCown ◽  
P. S. Carberry ◽  
Z. Hochman ◽  
N. P. Dalgliesh ◽  
M. A. Foale
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Support Intervention ◽  
Decision Support Intervention ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Local Soil ◽  
Starting Point

The idea that simulation models of agricultural production can serve as tools for farmers remains a compelling idea even after 3 decades of mostly disappointing development efforts. This paper is the first in a series that reports on 17 years of systems research that used models differently from the Decision Support System idea that has dominated the field. The starting point of FARMSCAPE (Farmers’, Advisers’, Researchers’, Monitoring, Simulation, Communication And Performance Evaluation) was finding whether farmers could value simulation when conditions for appreciation were improved by (a) specifying the simulator for individual paddocks in question and (b) delivering customised simulation to decision makers as a supporting service rather than software as a decision support product. The first aim of the program has been to learn how to effectively intervene in farm management practice using complex, abstract models of croplands, specified with local soil, climate, and management data. The second aim has been to learn how a resulting service that farmers value can be delivered cost effectively by a third party. This first paper deals with an aspect of the first aim, i.e. valued decision support intervention. In the terms used by Checkland (1981), the activities that served this systems practice aim were guided by ‘what we thought we were doing’ in intervening in farmers’ practice, i.e. our systems thinking. This first paper concerns FARMSCAPE systems thinking and how it evolved over 17 years as we learned successively through discovery of a new concept or representation in the literature to overcome limitations of the then-current conceptual framework. Subsequent papers deal with customising scientific monitoring and simulation for farmers, communication as engagement in situations of practice, understanding decision support intervention as facilitation of personal knowledge construction, and piloting commercial delivery of a simulation-based service to farmers and their advisers.

The Aerospace Plane: Collisions and Damage to a Third Party on the Surface of the Earth: Which Liability Regime will Rule?

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-280
Author(s):  
Lousewies S.A.L.B van der Laan
Keyword(s):  
Outer Space ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Chicago Convention ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Legal Questions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Outer Space Treaty ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Aerospace Plane

The article addresses the establishment of a legal regime concerning liability questions of the aerospace plane. The existing air and space law, as laid down for example in the Chicago Convention and the Outer Space Treaty -especially the definition of the words ‘aircraft’ and ‘space object’-is used as a starting point. The applicability of the existing regimes to the aerospace plane is then evaluated. Two concrete cases, namely liability resulting from damage to third parties on the suiface of the earth and liability after collisions, are presented in depth to illustrate the legal questions that this new hybrid craft will raise. Finally some modest suggestions are made as to the resolution of the conflicts.

Preliminary Study on Collaborative Lesson Planning Based on Cloud Platform

2014 ◽  
Vol 548-549 ◽  
pp. 1433-1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Qi Liu ◽  
Dan Dan Zou
Keyword(s):  
Lesson Planning ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Cloud Platform ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Working Space ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Preliminary Study

Lesson planning, the starting point and basis for teaching, is one of the most important steps to determine the quality of teaching. At present, lesson planning and teaching are separated; also professional teachers are rare in many areas. By collaborative lesson planning based on cloud platform, teaching and research is not limited in the office or their own school. Teachers can carry out lesson planning or teaching counseling at home. Currently collaborative lesson planning based on cloud platform is very popular. It not only extends the teachers' working space and time, but also expands their horizons and improves the teaching quality.

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