scholarly journals Critical Factors of Competitive Intelligence in the Power Plant Industry: The Case Study of MAPNA Group

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afrooz Momeni ◽  
Mehdi Mehrafzoon
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Plant Industry ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
International Policies ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economics And Politics

This paper aims to discuss the critical factors of competitive intelligence that influences the Iran’s power plant industry (MAPNA Group). Design/methodology/ approach: The paper has identified critical factors of competitive intelligence through Iran’s power plant industry based on a comprehensive review of recent literature. For this purpose, a questionnaire was designed, applied and analyzed by the use of statistical methods. The results discuss various perspectives from a competitive intelligence point of view, and provide critical factors and a regression model for showing essential issues on the subject. Findings: The statistical analysis determines seven factors as critical issues in this case study. These factors are “Proportion of company’s structure and goal”, “Company’s competitive conditions”, “International Policies about foreign trade”, and “Economics and Politics condition of country”. Research limitation/ implications: The extracted factors can act as a guideline to design a strategic plan. This helps to ensure that the essential issues are covered during design and implementation of the plan. For academics, it provides a common language to discuss the factors crucial for competitive intelligence in this industry. Originality/ Value: The paper may represent high value to researchers in the competitive intelligence and strategic management fields. This study further provides an integrated perspective of critical issues for competitive intelligence in the power plant industry. It gives valuable information and guidelines that can help leaders consider the important issues during strategic planning.  

Technical and Economical Feasibility of Biomass Use for Power Generation in Sicily

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Messineo ◽  
Domenico Panno ◽  
Roberto Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Economical Feasibility ◽  
Choice Of Technology

Biomass can provide a reliable support for production of biofuels while contributing to sustainable management of natural resources. Many countries, including Italy, have introduced important incentive schemes to support the use of biomass for electricity, heat and transportation. This has raised considerable interest towards the use of biomass for energy generation purposes. Nonetheless, the design and installation of biomass-fuelled power plants present several critical issues, such as choice and availability of biomass, choice of technology, power plant localization and logistics. The case study tackled in this paper evaluates the economies originated by a 1MWel Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine coupled with a biomass fuelled boiler, installed in an area close to Palermo (Italy). A Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to localize the power plant and to optimize logistics. The thermodynamics of the plant as a whole were also analyzed. Finally, two different scenarios were simulated for project financial evaluation.

scholarly journals Methodology and Application of Spatial Vulnerability Assessment for Evacuation Shelters in Disaster Planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiranya Sritart ◽  
Hiroyuki Miyazaki ◽  
Sakiko Kanbara ◽  
Takashi Hara
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Disaster Planning ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Spatial Accessibility ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Practical Information

Evacuation shelters are the most important means for safeguarding people in hazardous areas and situations, and thus minimizing losses, particularly those due to a disaster. Therefore, evacuation shelter assignment and evacuation planning are some of the critical factors for reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience in disaster risk reduction. However, an imbalance of shelter distribution and spatial heterogeneity of a population are the critical issues limiting the accessibility of evacuation shelters in real situations. In this study, we propose a methodology for spatial assessment to reduce vulnerability and evaluate the spatial distribution of both shelter demand and resources, considering spatial accessibility. The method was applied to the case study of Mabi, in the context of a disaster caused by the 2018 flooding. We applied this approach to evaluate the area and identified the vulnerability of the evacuation shelters and the residents. The proposed method revealed that 54.55% of the designated evacuation shelters and 59% of the total population were physically vulnerable to the flood. The results highlight, using GIS maps, that the total shelter capacity was significantly decreased to 43.86%. The outcome assessment addressed specific vulnerable shelters and the imbalance between the demand for and resources of each shelter. Accordingly, this study provides practical information and a valuable reference for supporting local governments and stakeholders to improve future disaster planning, prevention, and preparedness.

The Composer's Eye: Focalizing Judith in the Cantatas by Jacquet de La Guerre and Brossard

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-45
Author(s):  
Michele Cabrini
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Musical Representations ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Artemisia Gentileschi ◽  
Compositional Approaches

ABSTRACTWith its intense drama and marked eroticism, the story of Judith's slaying of Holofernes was often represented in baroque visual art and music. The overwhelming majority of musical representations are found in oratorios, with only three cantatas known to have been devoted to the subject. The oratorio's dramatic framework was suited for emphasizing Judith's multifaceted figure through character depiction, contrast and conflict, while the cantata's epic nature and lack of direct character intervention made staging conflict in that genre more difficult. Yet precisely because of these limitations, the cantata constitutes a revealing case study for exploring the strategies composers employed to give agency to Judith.This article focuses on the baroque cantata settings of the Judith story by Sébastien de Brossard and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (both from about 1708, both based on a text by La Motte). To illustrate their differing perspectives on Judith, I employ the concept of focalization – used in literary theory to mean point of view or filtered perspective – as a theoretical framework. The well-known Judith paintings by Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi (the so-called Uffizi Judith) provide a lucid example of focalization through the differing perspectives of the two maidservants and offer a valuable methodological tool for understanding the two differing compositional approaches. Whereas Brossard follows La Motte's narrative dutifully by emphasizing swiftness of action at the expense of character depiction, Jacquet de La Guerre bypasses it through instrumental accompaniments and independent symphonies that give voice to Judith, despite a text that downplays her character.

scholarly journals A Proposal for the Account-Based Ticketing Application in Passenger Transport in the Slovak Republic: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Brumercikova ◽  
Bibiana Bukova ◽  
Eva Nedeliakova
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
The Subject

From the point of view of the national economy, the development of a transport sector is a key process which relies on many other industries. Therefore, it is inevitable to coordinate related activities and to develop the transport sector effectively, and significant synergies in relation to other sectors could be generated. This article deals with the issue of public passenger transport and its greater attractiveness through the account-based ticketing (ABT) technology application in the process of passenger handling. The article contains a review of the current literature on the subject, using both completed and partially completed studies. It presents the case of study of account-based ticketing in the Slovak Republic. ABT technology has already been introduced in many countries, for example, in the Netherlands in 2019, and in Singapore.

scholarly journals Error Analysis of Passive Voice Employed by University Students’ in Writing Lab Reports: A Case Study of Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST) Students’ at Faculty of Sciences, Chemistry Department

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Osama Yousif Ibrahim Abualzain
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Chemistry Department ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
The Subject

The study aims at analyzing errors made by Sudan University of Science and Technology students’ at faculty of Sciences-Chemistry Department in employing passive voice in writing lab reports. The study focuses precisely on identifying the types of errors occurred in using passive voice and the reasons behind these errors. Descriptive qualitative method is adopted and applied to obtain and process the gathered data. To run this study and to collect reliable data, thirty chemical students are chosen randomly as the subject of the study. Samples of the students’ lab reports are collected and analyzed. The collected data is analyzed according to the Dulay et al. (1982) Surface Strategy Taxonomy model. Teachers’ questionnaire is also used to find out the sources of the students’ errors from the teachers’ point of view. The findings of the study reveals that the majority of the students’ errors are categorized as omission and misinformation whereas additions and misordering errors are fewer and unconsidered. According to the teachers, these errors are attributed to the interference of the mother tongue, lack of knowledge and carelessness of the students.

Technical and Economical Feasibility of Biomass Use for Power Generation in Sicily

2013 ◽  
pp. 1411-1420
Author(s):  
Antonio Messineo ◽  
Domenico Panno ◽  
Roberto Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Organic Rankine Cycle ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Financial Evaluation ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Economical Feasibility ◽  
Biomass For Energy

Biomass can provide a reliable support for production of biofuels while contributing to sustainable management of natural resources. Many countries, including Italy, have introduced important incentive schemes to support the use of biomass for electricity, heat and transportation. This has raised considerable interest towards the use of biomass for energy generation purposes. Nonetheless, the design and installation of biomass-fuelled power plants present several critical issues, such as choice and availability of biomass, choice of technology, power plant localization and logistics. The case study tackled in this paper evaluates the economies originated by a 1MWel Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine coupled with a biomass fuelled boiler, installed in an area close to Palermo (Italy). A Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to localize the power plant and to optimize logistics. The thermodynamics of the plant as a whole were also analyzed. Finally, two different scenarios were simulated for project financial evaluation.

A Gifted Underachiever in Arithmetic: A Case Study

1959 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 257-261
Author(s):  
Ann F. Isaacs
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Distribution Curve ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Points Of View

The data presented in the history which follows is of interest from three points of view. First, a majority of the reports in the literature on the “gifted” devoted to the development of children with superior endowment stress the fact that superiority is not unitary. Gifted children tend to exceed the norm in all areas. A study of gifted twin boys (2) illustrates this point of view. Secondly, various studies have attempted to show that students of education are not comparable in endowment to students in other fields. Wolfle (3) in exploring some thirty fields of endeavor has shown that the combined fields of physical education and general education contained the fewest number of cases on the high end of the distribution curve. The subject of this study tends to be an exception to both of the above since she has a problem, and though of very superior intelligence is the offspring of educators, also of very superior intelligence.

Content analysis of chemistry book of eleventh school grade, from an application point of view: A case study at Professor Rasool Amin School in Kabul province

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
Humapar Azhar Rahimi ◽  
Omid Afghan ◽  
Angeela Dadwar ◽  
Valentina Nori ◽  
Mahmood Mahaly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
School Grade ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Subject ◽  
11Th Grade

In this research, the application of eleventh grade chemistry book content on the daily life of students at professor Rasoon Amin school in kabul provinces has been studied. The application has been evaluatyed at two levels of social and individual bases. The research was based on the active components of William Roman's theory and the context-based approach, which based on this theory, the practical content of the book, encourages students to use it in their daily lives. The results of this study showed that the practical content of the 11th grade chemistry in daily life has confirmed to maintain the health of students with more than 80% of their answers. Recognition of natural resources using chemistry content is more than 80% in students and they feel responsibility about 80% in their lives. In addition, more than 80% of students have taken benefits of chemistry content. On the other hand, the study made it clear that whenever the subject is taught empirically and practically and the students' attention is drawn to practical activities, it can be used in all aspects of everyday’s life.

scholarly journals "Which Humanism?" On the Italian Theory of Architecture, 1951-1969

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Djalali
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
Renaissance Architecture ◽  
Postwar Reconstruction ◽  
The Subject

This chapter focuses on the possibility of isolating an Italian theory of architecture in the postwar period until 1969, taking the controversy over Renaissance proportions as a case study. Rather than defining a specific approach to the subject from Italian authors compared to their international colleagues, this contribution explores the specificity of Italian humanism and the significance of that experience from the point of view of the postwar reconstruction. The study of Renaissance architecture, rather than offering a historical precedent for the construction of national identities, warded off that possibility, constituting a problematic beginning for European modernity.

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