Creating a Scale for Service

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrad D. Plante ◽  
Thomas A Bryer ◽  
Haley G. Winston
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Time Service ◽  
Student Leader ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
The Continuum

This article presents a model that is based on Eyler and Giles' Five Elements of Citizenship, where students learn about Volunteer UCF through marketing strategies, participate in one-time service or educational events, and then pursue continuous involvement based on their positive experiences. Students transition to leadership roles by serving on a social topic committee and move up to social topic director managing their own committee. Some students aspire to be an administrative student leader and incorporate large-scale institutional projects and events. The final stage for students is committing to lifelong community engagement opportunities post-graduation. The results will inform where the touch points are at the higher education institution, so administrators can apprise bureaucracy and cultural barriers to help students progress through the scale for service within the continuum.

scholarly journals Continuum limit of the vibrational properties of amorphous solids

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (46) ◽  
pp. E9767-E9774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Mizuno ◽  
Hayato Shiba ◽  
Atsushi Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Scaling Law ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Amorphous Solids ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Vibrational Modes ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
The Continuum

The low-frequency vibrational and low-temperature thermal properties of amorphous solids are markedly different from those of crystalline solids. This situation is counterintuitive because all solid materials are expected to behave as a homogeneous elastic body in the continuum limit, in which vibrational modes are phonons that follow the Debye law. A number of phenomenological explanations for this situation have been proposed, which assume elastic heterogeneities, soft localized vibrations, and so on. Microscopic mean-field theories have recently been developed to predict the universal non-Debye scaling law. Considering these theoretical arguments, it is absolutely necessary to directly observe the nature of the low-frequency vibrations of amorphous solids and determine the laws that such vibrations obey. Herein, we perform an extremely large-scale vibrational mode analysis of a model amorphous solid. We find that the scaling law predicted by the mean-field theory is violated at low frequency, and in the continuum limit, the vibrational modes converge to a mixture of phonon modes that follow the Debye law and soft localized modes that follow another universal non-Debye scaling law.

scholarly journals A Liberating Curricula as a Social Responsibility for Promoting Social Justice and Student Success Within the UK Higher Education Institution (HEI)

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-58
Author(s):  
Dave Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Student Progression ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Improve Representation

Integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as part of a higher education institution (HEI) organisational strategies and practices to address economic and social inequality is no longer a new phenomenon. This promotes increased levels of involvement, choice, and diversity, and is aligned with recent initiatives to widen participation improve representation and promote attainment. CSR may also be encapsulated within frameworks through which HEIs may identify and self-reflect on institutional and cultural barriers that impede minority ethnic (ME) staff and students' progression and attainment. This chapter is informed by discussions concerning CSR within higher education in relation to the aims and objectives of education; student progression and attainment as a university's socially responsible business practice and act of due diligence, to improve representation, progression and success for ME students; curriculum vs. education and the function of a liberating curriculum as a vehicle to enhance academic attainment and promote student success.

Cooperative Broadcast in Large-Scale Wireless Networks

2012 ◽  
pp. 604-623
Author(s):  
Birsen Sirkeci-Mergen ◽  
Anna Scaglione ◽  
Michael Gastpar
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Power Efficiency ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Single Node ◽  
Large Scale Network ◽  
Scale Network ◽  
Multiple Groups ◽  
The Continuum

This chapter studies the cooperative broadcasting in wireless networks. We especially focus on multistage cooperative broadcasting in which the message from a source node is relayed by multiple groups of cooperating nodes. Interestingly, group transmissions become beneficial in the case of broadcasting as opposed to the case in traditional networks where receptions from different transmitters are considered as collision and disregarded. Different aspects of multistage cooperative broadcasting are analyzed in the chapter: (i) coverage behavior; (ii) power efficiency; (ii) error propagation; (iv) maximum communication rate. Whenever possible, performance is compared with multihop broadcasting where transmissions are relayed by a single node at each hop. We consider a large-scale network with many nodes distributed randomly in a given area. In order to analyze such networks, an important methodology, the continuum limit, is introduced. In the continuum limit, random networks are approximated by their dense limits under sum relay power constraint. This method allows us to obtain analytical results for the analysis of cooperative multistage broadcasting.

Taming of ‘Openness' in Software Innovation Systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Gencer ◽  
Beyza Oba
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Systems Of Innovation ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Emergent Community ◽  
Strategic Pattern ◽  
The Continuum

In large-scale open source software (OSS) innovation ecosystems that incorporate firms, a variety of measures are taken to tame the potentially chaotic activities and align the contributions of various participants with the strategic priorities of major stakeholders. Such taming rests on the dual desires of this emergent community of firms to unleash the innovation potential of OSS and to drive it to a certain direction, and it emerges in the form of various organizational activities. By drawing on a sample of large-scale OSS ecosystems, the authors discuss that methods employed for taming are isomorphic, and overview the emerging strategic pattern for establishing systems of innovation. This pattern involves a related set of practices to balance virtues of OSS community while introducing corporate discipline. In contrast to approaches such as open innovation, which favor isolated reasoning, they present a systemic and historical perspective to explain the continuum in emergence and establishment of strategic patterns.

scholarly journals Database Strategy in Development of Digital Ecosystem for Quality Control in Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01186
Author(s):  
Ivan Evdokimov ◽  
Halina Danilava ◽  
Tatiana Yamskikh ◽  
Roman Tsarev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Digital Ecosystems ◽  
Digital Ecosystem

The purpose of this research in educational environment is to improve the quality of the educational process with the help of new information technologies. The paper examines practical issues of digital ecosystems implementation in education on the basis of relational databases, as, from the authors’ point of view, in the organization data are less subject to change in time than business processes. Therefore the strategy of information systems development where the database functions as a cornerstone provides the result, that is more stable than, for example, a functional approach in software development. Within the frames of this research information technologies of quality control in education are being created. They are intended for the exact and full representation of teaching materials as a system used as a source of information for the assessment of learning and teaching materials and creation of electronic resources on this platform. The structure of the created database, operation practices and topical issues of its introduction in more large-scale digital ecosystems are considered. As a result the database ready for use as a management solution for higher education institutions is created. This is important as information technologies provide additional opportunities for the development in the sphere of higher education, quality improvement of the educational process. The authors conclude that introduction of innovative information technologies in management system of higher education institution is relevant and perspective.

Contextualizing library assessment within a broader ecosystem

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Madsen ◽  
Megan Hurst
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Library Directors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Assessment ◽  
Current State ◽  
Strategic Assessment ◽  
Culture Of Assessment ◽  
Assessment Performance ◽  
The Continuum

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw a picture of the current landscape of library assessment based on the data gathered in interviews. The authors will focus specifically on the continuum between micro and strategic assessment and share the lessons learned from diverse institutions and geographies about how to build a culture of assessment. Design/methodology/approach Between 2015 and 2017, the researchers have interviewed more than 75 library directors and leaders, library assessment practitioners, and academic experts on four continents about library assessment and its current state in their institutions. Findings The results reveal a varied landscape, with libraries in widely varying stages of assessment performance and readiness. Originality/value This paper presents the results of a large-scale study over more than two years. More than 75 people have been interviewed in five countries. The scale and scope of the work is both significant and unique.

scholarly journals An extensive spectroscopic time series of three Wolf–Rayet stars – II. A search for wind asymmetries in the dust-forming WC7 binary WR137

2020 ◽  
Vol 497 (4) ◽  
pp. 4448-4458
Author(s):  
N St-Louis ◽  
C Piaulet ◽  
N D Richardson ◽  
T Shenar ◽  
A F J Moffat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Double Peak ◽  
Corotating Interaction Regions ◽  
Evolutionary Scenario ◽  
Random Variability ◽  
Interaction Regions ◽  
Peak Emission ◽  
The Continuum

ABSTRACT We present the results of a 4-month, spectroscopic campaign of the Wolf–Rayet dust-making binary, WR137. We detect only small-amplitude random variability in the C iii λ5696 emission line and its integrated quantities (radial velocity, equivalent width, skewness, and kurtosis) that can be explained by stochastic clumps in the wind of the WC star. We find no evidence of large-scale periodic variations often associated with Corotating Interaction Regions that could have explained the observed intrinsic continuum polarization of this star. Our moderately high-resolution and high signal-to-noise average Keck spectrum shows narrow double-peak emission profiles in the H α, H β, H γ, He ii λ6678, and He ii λ5876 lines. These peaks have a stable blue-to-red intensity ratio with a mean of 0.997 and a root mean square of 0.004 commensurate with the noise level; no variability is found during the entire observing period. We suggest that these profiles arise in a decretion disc around the O9 companion, which is thus an O9e star. The characteristics of the profiles are compatible with those of other Be/Oe stars. The presence of this disc can explain the constant component of the continuum polarization of this system, for which the angle is perpendicular to the plane of the orbit, implying that the rotation axis of the O9e star is aligned with that of the orbit. It remains to be explained why the disc is so stable within the strong ultraviolet radiation field of the O star. We present a binary evolutionary scenario that is compatible with the current stellar and system parameters.

scholarly journals Observations of Solar Continuum Emission at Decameter Wavelengths

1990 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 513-514
Author(s):  
Ch. V. Sastry
Keyword(s):  
Electron Temperature ◽  
Brightness Temperature ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Continuum Emission ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Temperature Variations ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Wave Radio ◽  
Grating Interferometer ◽  
The Continuum

We observed the continuum emission from the radio sun when there is no burst activity at λ = 8.7 m with the large decameter wave radio telescope at Gauribidanur (Latitude 13° 36‘ 12“ N and 77° 27‘ 07“ E) with a resolution of 26'/40'. A compound grating interferometer with one dimensional resolution of 3' is also used. These observations are made during August 1983 and June 1986. The brightness temperature at the center of the sun varied from 0.2 106 K to 0.8 106 K during these periods on time scales of several hours to a day. Since the sun is absolutely quiet during these periods we believe that the radiation is purely thermal in nature. In this case the observed brightness temperature variations imply large scale density variations by more than a factor of three if the corona is optically thin at these wavelengths. Alternatively if the corona is optically thick the observations imply real electron temperature variations with or without accompanying density variations.

University’s multi-scale initiatives for redefining city development

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Ratajczyk ◽  
Iwona Wagner ◽  
Agnieszka Wolanska-Kaminska ◽  
Tomasz Jurczak ◽  
Maciej Zalewski
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
City Development ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the varied roles played by the University of Lódz (UL) in maintaining and restoring the natural capital of a city as a driver for sustainable city development. The higher education institution can be perceived as visionary, originator and executor of natural capital projects. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses three cases performed by the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, UL, in the city of Lódz. The activities are based on different scales ranging from city-wide to local, e.g. river and green infrastructure, and which vary in character from policy planning to implementation. Findings Natural capital projects influence city development on different levels: by the initiation of legal protection, by the implementation of rehabilitation concepts for rivers and by influencing the strategic documents for mid-term and long-term urban development. Originality/value The university has the potential for multidisciplinary engagement in the development of urban sustainability. In large-scale projects, academics play a more conceptual role, in capacity building and knowledge transfer, while in local-scale implementations, their role includes innovation, know-how and technology transfer. Moreover, it may act as a reinforcement hub, by safeguarding and strengthening the natural capital of the city.

scholarly journals Principals as Assessment Leaders in Rural Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Renihan ◽  
Brian Noonan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Schools ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
School Level ◽  
System Level ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Professional Interaction ◽  
Large Scale Assessment ◽  
Small Rural Schools ◽  
Professional Contexts ◽  
The Impact

This article reports a study of rural school principals’ assessment leadership roles and the impact of rural context on their work. The study involved three focus groups of principals serving small rural schools of varied size and grade configuration in three systems. Principals viewed assessment as a matter of teacher accountability and as a focus for the school professional team. They saw themselves as teachers first, stressing their importance as sources of teacher support, serving a ‘buffer role,’ ameliorating external constraints to effective assessment and learning. Bureaucratic environments and trappings of large-scale assessment were seen to be incompatible with the familial nature of rural professional contexts. Other constraints were the logistical challenges of small student populations, higher instances of multi-graded classrooms, and the absence of grade-alike professional interaction. Conversely, smallness enabled professional interaction and transformational leadership. Finally, the quality of system-level support emerged as a critical catalyst for assessment leadership at the school level.  

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