Collaboration through Municipal Motivators

2011 ◽  
pp. 679-694
Author(s):  
James L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
The Common ◽  
Local Leaders

This chapter reveals the common theme three rural Minnesota communities used in their collaboration efforts in to install and deliver broadband Internet as a municipal utility. The author discovered that the reason for this broadband initiative was a municipal motivator, unique to each city and not related to economic development. It is hoped that other rural communities in search of high-speed Internet, after having digested the results of this study, might conduct their own research in order to determine their true, underlying motivation for delivering improved Internet service. By agreeing on the motivator for each community, local leaders are better able to collaborate on achieving this common goal.

Universal Broadband

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Yates ◽  
Joseph W. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Common ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

A new digital divide is emerging both within and between nations that is due to inequalities in broadband Internet access. To bridge the global broadband divide, organizations and individuals must collaborate to provide broadband access to a converged high-speed Internet for both rich and poor citizens worldwide. The authors argue that addressing this global problem is an ethical imperative that requires bridging the perspectives of multiple stakeholders and applying their collective resources, power and will. This paper develops a comprehensive framework, using stakeholder theory, which identifies the global stakeholders as well as the roles and responsibilities that these stakeholders must assume to balance their self-interest with serving the common good. The authors’ framework also highlights relationships between key stakeholders, namely governments and their citizens, businesses in the information and communication technology (ICT) industries, and other organizations. This paper makes four important observations that can guide governments and other stakeholders in bridging the broadband divide in pursuit of the common good.

Universal Broadband

2012 ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Yates ◽  
Joseph W. Weiss ◽  
Girish J. Gulati
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Common ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

A new digital divide is emerging both within and between nations that is due to inequalities in broadband Internet access. To bridge the global broadband divide, organizations and individuals must collaborate to provide broadband access to a converged high-speed Internet for both rich and poor citizens worldwide. The authors argue that addressing this global problem is an ethical imperative that requires bridging the perspectives of multiple stakeholders and applying their collective resources, power and will. This paper develops a comprehensive framework, using stakeholder theory, which identifies the global stakeholders as well as the roles and responsibilities that these stakeholders must assume to balance their self-interest with serving the common good. The authors’ framework also highlights relationships between key stakeholders, namely governments and their citizens, businesses in the information and communication technology (ICT) industries, and other organizations. This paper makes four important observations that can guide governments and other stakeholders in bridging the broadband divide in pursuit of the common good.

scholarly journals Analisis Pengaruh Upah, Tingkat Pendidikan, Jenis Kelamin, Dan Usia Terhadap Produktifitas Tenaga Kerja Pada Sektor Industri Tenun Ikat Di Kota Kediri

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Kartika Candra ◽  
Budi Heryanto ◽  
Sri Rochani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Common

Productivity is one aspect of driving the progress of industry and economic growth. Increasing productivity to help the existing economic development in order to realize the common goal of equalizing the welfare of the community. Therefore, it is necessary to have good cooperation between the owner of the industry and the workforce in order to increase the productivity of the workforce in order to achieve equal distribution of the welfare of the community. The higher productivity of labor will increase industrial progress. But many factors can affect the high and low productivity of the workforce. Therefore what will be analyzed are: ‘wages, education level, gender, and age for labor productivity in the woven weaving industry sector in Kota Kediri. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of ‘wages, education level, gender, and age on labor productivity in the woven weaving industry in Kota Kediri. This study uses questionnaires, documentation and direct interviews with 60 respondents in the ikat weaving industry in Kediri City. This research is quantitative research with SPSS analysis tools. The results of this study indicate the variables of wages, education level, gender and age on the productivity of "labor in the weaving industry in Kota Kediri." Produktifitas adalah salah satu aspek dalam mendorong kemajuan sebuah industri dan pertumbuhan ekonomi. Peningkatan produktifitas guna membantu pembangunan ekonomi yang ada agar dapat mewujudkan tujuan bersama yakni pemerataan kesejahterahan masyarakat. Maka dari itu perlu adanya sebuah kerjasama yang baik antara pemilik industri dan tenaga kerja guna meningkatkan produktifitas tenaga kerja agar dapat mencapai pemerataan kesejahterahan masyarakat. Semakin tinggi produktifitas tenaga kerja maka akan meningkatkan kemajuan industri. Namun banyak faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi tinggi rendahnya produktifitas tenaga kerja. Oleh karena itu yang akan di analisis yaitu: ‘upah, tingkat pendidikan, jenis kelamin, dan usia terhadap produktifitas tenaga kerja pada sektor industri tenun ikat di Kota Kediri’. Tujuan dari peneltian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh ‘upah, tingkat pendidikan, jenis kelamin, dan usia terhadap’produktifitas tenaga kerja pada industri tenun ikat di Kota Kediri’. Penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner, dokumentasi dan wawancara secara langsung pada 60 Responden tenaga kerja industri tenun ikat di Kota Kediri. Penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian kuantitatif dengan alat analisis SPSS. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan antara variabel upah, tingkat pendidikan, jenis kelamin dan usia terhadap produktifitas ‘tenaga kerja pada industri tenun ikat di Kota Kediri.

Home is Where the Hub Is? Wireless Infrastructures and the Nature of Domestic Culture in Australia

2011 ◽  
pp. 310-325
Author(s):  
Katrina Jungnickel ◽  
Genevieve Bell
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Wireless Broadband ◽  
Difficult Terrain

From WiFi (802.11b) with its fixed and mobile high-speed wireless broadband Internet connectivity to WiMAX (802.16e), the newest wireless protocol, extending the reach of WiFi across longer distances and more difficult terrain, new wireless technologies are increasingly thought to impact the ways in which we encounter social spaces in public, civic and commercial sites within large urban centers. This chapter explores how and to what extent these new wireless technologies might also be reconfiguring and reorganizing domestic practice and social relations. Drawing on a year-long ethnographic study of WiFi and WiMax provisioned homes in a major Australian metropolitan center, we argue that new wireless infrastructures are impacting how people imagine and use mobile devices, computers and the Internet in and around the home but not in ways wholly anticipated by commercial Internet service providers.

scholarly journals High throughput resource efficient reconfigurable interleaver for MIMO WLAN application

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e581
Author(s):  
Bijoy Kumar Upadhyaya ◽  
Pijush Kanti Dutta Pramanik ◽  
Salil Kumar Sanyal
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Lan ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Software Environment ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Floor Function ◽  
Maximum Improvement ◽  
Digital Hardware ◽  
Address Generator

Demand for high-speed wireless broadband internet service is ever increasing. Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) Wireless LAN (WLAN) is becoming a promising solution for such high-speed internet service requirements. This paper proposes a novel algorithm to efficiently model the address generation circuitry of the MIMO WLAN interleaver. The interleaver used in the MIMO WLAN transceiver has three permutation steps involving floor function whose hardware implementation is the most challenging task due to the absence of corresponding digital hardware. In this work, we propose an algorithm with a mathematical background for the address generator, eliminating the need for floor function. The algorithm is converted into digital hardware for implementation on the reconfigurable FPGA platform. Hardware structure for the complete interleaver, including the read address generator and memory module, is designed and modeled in VHDL using Xilinx Integrated Software Environment (ISE) utilizing embedded memory and DSP blocks of Spartan 6 FPGA. The functionality of the proposed algorithm is verified through exhaustive software simulation using ModelSim software. Hardware testing is carried out on Zynq 7000 FPGA using Virtual Input Output (VIO) and Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA) core. Comparisons with few recent similar works, including the conventional Look-Up Table (LUT) based technique, show the superiority of our proposed design in terms of maximum improvement in operating frequency by 196.83%, maximum reduction in power consumption by 74.27%, and reduction of memory occupancy by 88.9%. In the case of throughput, our design can deliver 8.35 times higher compared to IEEE 802.11n requirement.

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) urges Congress to ensure efforts to increase and enhance broadband internet access in rural areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Ford ◽  
Joanna Buscemi ◽  
Kelly Hirko ◽  
Melissa Laitner ◽  
Robert L Newton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Behavioral Medicine ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
The Usa

Abstract The Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM) recommends expanding access to high-speed, high-definition internet and increasing broadband width for rural communities in the USA to increase telehealth opportunities for populations facing geographic barriers to accessing quality healthcare. High-speed telehealth will allow healthcare providers to care for patients in “real time” and will expand access to specialty providers thereby increasing timely follow-up, improving health outcomes, and reducing rural health disparities. Moreover, SBM recommends that the current National Broadband Plan legislation be protected and enhanced to ensure high-quality, but also affordable, internet services in rural areas. Several legislative bills have been put forth but are not fully funded or enacted by individual states. In addition, further mechanisms and supplemental funding are needed to address the continued lack of resources to enhance rural broadband including infrastructure, research, and regulatory reform.

Hemorrhoidal Laser procedure (HeLP) and Hemorrrrhoidal Laser procedure + mucopexy (HeLPexx) and other Emerging Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Giamundo
Keyword(s):  
Laser Treatment ◽  
Dentate Line ◽  
Mucosal Prolapse ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Superior Rectal Artery ◽  
Doppler Probe ◽  
The Common ◽  
Probe Set

Background: Minimally-invasive treatments for hemorrhoids should be encouraged as they cause low morbidity, reasonable discomfort and quicker return to work. According to the “vascular theory” hemorrhoidal disease is mainly caused by blood overflow into hemorrhoidal plexus deriving from the superior hemorrhoidal arteries. Introduction: Many different procedures have been described in the literature with the common goal of reducing the blood flow into the hemorrhoidal piles. ‘HeLP’ (Hemorrhoids Laser Procedure) is a novel form of dearterialization to treat patients suffering from symptomatic hemorrhoids. Methods: The procedure consists of the closure of the terminal branches of the superior rectal artery approximately 2-3 cm above the dentate line by means of laser shots originated by a diode laser platform. The arteries, at that level, have variable location and distribution. Therefore, a doppler probe set at the frequency of 20MHz helps identifying the arteries that would be missed otherwise. The laser beam is well tolerated by patients. For this reason, anesthesia is not required in most cases and the procedure allows a quick return to daily activities. In case of concomitant severe mucosal prolapse, the laser treatment can be combined with suture mucopexy. Three to six running sutures allow a complete lifting of hemorrhoidal piles, securing long-term resolution of symptoms. Results and Conclusions: ‘HeLP’ is indicated in patients with symptomatic hemorrhoids where conservative treatment failed and when mucosal prolapse is scarce or not symptomatic. The addition of mucopexy to laser treatment (HeLPexx) contributes to overall resolution of symptoms when mucosal prolapse is an issue, Emborrhoid is another novel, ‘hi-tech’ form of selective dearterialization used in selected case of hemorrhoids where main symptom is bleeding. It is generally used in cases where surgery is contraindicated due to severe concomitant diseases.

Raanan Rein, Fútbol, Jews and the Making of Argentina, trans. Marsha Grenzeback. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. 166 pp.

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Jewish Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
American Jews ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One

This chapter reviews the books Fútbol, Jews and the Making of Argentina (2014), by Raanan Rein, translated by Marsha Grenzeback, and Muscling in on New Worlds: Jews, Sport, and the Making of the Americas (2014), edited by Raanan Rein and David M.K. Sheinin. Rein’s book deals with the “making” of Argentina through football (soccer), while Muscling in on New Worlds focuses on the “making” of the Americas (mainly the one America, called the United States) through sports. Muscling in on New Worlds is a collection of essays that seeks to advance the common theme of sport as “an avenue by which Jews threaded the needle of asserting a Jewish identity.” Topics include Jews as boxers, Jews and football, Jews and yoga, Orthodox Jewish athletes, and American Jews and baseball. There are also essays about the cinematic and literary representations of Jews in sports.

Busting Myths in Compound Handling Practices for Assay Developers

2021 ◽  
pp. 247263032110233
Author(s):  
Rosalia Gonzales ◽  
Travis Mathewson ◽  
Jefferson Chin ◽  
Holly McKeith ◽  
Lane Milde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Collaborative Relationship ◽  
Sample Handling ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
The Common ◽  
Recommended Practices ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
The One

Since the advent of modern-day screening collections in the early 2000s, various aspects of our knowledge of good handling practices have continued to evolve. Some early practices, however, continue to prevail due to the absence of defining data that would bust the myths of tradition. The lack of defining data leads to a gap between plate-based screeners, on the one hand, and compound sample handling groups, on the other, with the latter being the default party to blame when an assay goes awry. In this paper, we highlight recommended practices that ensure sample integrity and present myth busting data that can help determine the root cause of an assay gone bad. We show how a strong and collaborative relationship between screening and sample handling groups is the better state that leads to the accomplishment of the common goal of finding breakthrough medicines.

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