Correlation Analysis Between the Factors of Innovation Generation in the Brazilian Sectors

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-66
Author(s):  
Brenner Lopes ◽  
Luander Cipriano de Jesus Falcão
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Potential Indicator ◽  
Innovation Generation

The fundamental question that motivated this research was the search for an understanding of how the sub-factors of the innovation potential indicator (IPI) correlate by sectors in Brazil. The correlation between subfactors is part of the justification for how these subfactors sustain the potential for innovation within an industry. This analysis is based on IPI, specifically on its ability to identify sectorial segments with potential for innovation in a given territorial area. The IPI has the characteristic of being assertive, with low updating costs, and of mapping in a selected territory, which would be the sectorial nuclei that present a high potential for innovation. Such a tool could support a robust development policy based on innovation, in a comprehensive way, through which sectors should be activated and encouraged in which territories. This would enable an effective and profound alignment of strategies, policies, and actions.

Anti–α-enolase antibody combined with β2 microglobulin evaluated the incidence of nephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Lupus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Huang ◽  
L Chen ◽  
K Chen ◽  
F Huang ◽  
Y Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Operating Characteristic ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Systemic Lupus ◽  
Β2 Microglobulin ◽  
Potential Indicator ◽  
Operating Characteristic Curve

Objective Anti–α-enolase antibody (Ab) combined with β2 microglobulin (β2-MG) were investigated to predict the incidence of nephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Methods Levels of serum anti–α-enolase Ab and urinary β2-MG were detected in 115 SLE patients, 29 SLE patients with nephritis and 70 healthy controls by ELISA and immunoturbidimetry, respectively. Furthermore, the correlation between anti–α-enolase Ab combined with β2-MG and the incidence of nephritis in SLE patients was evaluated by correlation analysis. Results The optical density value of serum anti–α-enolase Ab in SLE patients with nephritis (0.84) was greatly increased compared with SLE patients (0.76) or healthy controls (0.54). Moreover, the levels of urinary β2-MG in SLE patients with nephritis (6.75 mg/L) were increased compared with SLE patients (3.45 mg/L) or healthy controls (1.48 mg/L). There was a positive correlation between the level of anti–α-enolase Ab and β2-MG ( r = 0.754). Furthermore, anti–α-enolase Ab combined with β2-MG for evaluating the incidence of nephritis in SLE patients had the best assessment of the effectiveness (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC): 92.7%) compared with only anti–α-enolase Ab (AUC: 80.9%) or β2-MG (AUC: 84.5%). Conclusion These data suggested that anti–α-enolase Ab may be a potential indicator for the prediction of nephritis in SLE patients.

scholarly journals Do Catastrophes in Poor Countries Lead to Event-Related Policy Change?: The 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise D.P. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Focusing Event ◽  
Tools And Methods

Prompted by Birkland and Warnement’s (2014) findings that the earthquake was not a significant focusing event in Haiti, the author reassessed the issue. Using the 2010 earthquake as the starting point, a detailed content analysis of evaluation and strategy report and DRR and developmental plans to find the level of policy adopted and implemented after the earthquake. Using the criterion of event-related implementation as a proxy for event-related policy change the author judges whether and to what extent was the earthquake a focusing event. Among the findings are that not only were there event-related policy change inside and outside of Haiti. Many policy changes were significant in the way they shaped development policy, disaster risk reduction policy and practice as well as humanitarian policy and practices and the tools and methods used in planning for and responding to catastrophes. The more fundamental question is whether, once adopted and implemented, the policy changes can be sustained.  Findings show significant challenges in that regard. 

scholarly journals Seed productivity of alfalfa varieties and its components

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Tatyana Nikolaevna Popova
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Herbaceous Plant ◽  
Seed Productivity ◽  
Seed Harvest ◽  
New Varieties ◽  
Alfalfa Varieties ◽  
Number Of Seeds

Alfalfa blue is a perennial, multi-cut herbaceous plant. The expansion of the lucerne sowing areas does not occur due to the lack of sufficient sowing material, which in turn is due to low seed productivity. The solution to this problem is possible only when moving to new varieties with high potential for seed yield and introducing improved technologies. Our article shows the characteristic of new varieties of  alfalfa of the Ershovsky selection. New varieties Serena and Natalie had the highest seed harvest rates in 9 years. Natalie variety on average for 9 years (2009-2017) by the number of brushes on one stem, the number of seeds in the bean and the number of beans in the brush was higher than the Uzen variety-standard by 5.0 respectively; 11.0 and 6.0%. According to the correlation analysis of the indicators, the crop of seeds and seeds in the bean is significant positive.

Harnessing Knowledge Integration in IS Design for Innovation Facilitation

2016 ◽  
pp. 1419-1440
Author(s):  
Oliver Krone
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Is Design ◽  
Innovation Generation ◽  
Method Approach

This chapter examines from a Knowledge Integration (KI) perspective the innovation potential that resides in KI for the generation of Information System (IS) based on organizational innovation. The chapter does this by examining methodologically the process of Requirements Engineering (RE) as a research topic and uses for this purpose a mixed-method approach including literature review, participant observation, and recourse to secondary research. The chapter first outlines the emergence of KI as research topic in its own right before the emergence of IS as innovation in organizations is described. The chapter then examines the innovation inhibitors to KI as proxy for innovation generation. It argues in the conclusion that taking RE for IS premises and research methods employed in relation to research into KI might be guided by rationalistic efficiency-driven conceptions, while KI as research agenda seems to be premised on a notion of effectiveness.

scholarly journals An economic view of the innovation potential, the tendencies of smoking in the developed countries and the importance of marketing in this field

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Martin Rigelsky ◽  
Viera Ivankova ◽  
Beata Gavurova ◽  
Jaroslav Gonos
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Per Capita

Smoking, as one of the main causes, is a negative factor associated with many diseases. The primary objective of the research is to determine the effect of innovation on selected smoking indicators in a sample of countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Four variables enter the analytical processing, such as Global Innovation Index, Population ratio of daily smokers (age 15+), Daily smokers (age 15-24), and Tobacco consumption in grams per capita (age 15+). These variables were included in the research from 2011 to 2018. The simple linear regression – the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model – and correlation analysis – Spearman’s rank correlation – was used for statistical processing. The results show that the effect of innovation on the ratio of daily smokers over the age of 15 to the total population may be considered a highly significant relationship. The effect on the annual tobacco consumption per capita is the second most significant relationship, and the effect on the ratio of daily smokers over 15 and under 24 years to the total population is the least significant compared to the previous two cases. Correlation analysis shows similar outputs. All these relationships may be considered negative. It is possible to talk about the lost innovation potential associated with smoking, primarily in the productive part of the population. A higher level of smoking can be associated with a lower level of innovation. Also, innovation negatively affects the tendency to smoke. Therefore, public policies should promote a healthy lifestyle. AcknowledgmentsThis research is funded by the RVO 2020 internal grant scheme of the Tomas Bata University in Zlín titled “Economic quantification of marketing processes aimed at increasing value for the patient in the process of construction of system in order to measure and to manage performance in healthcare facilities in the Czech Republic.”

Methodology for Identifying Drivers of Innovative Sectorial Nuclei

2019 ◽  
pp. 167-185
Author(s):  
Brenner Lopes ◽  
Luander Falcão
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
High Effectiveness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Potential Indicator

In order to subsidize the public policy planners, identifying innovative sectorial nuclei that support the design of public policies to support innovation in companies, the chapter proposes and constructs an indicator of innovation potential with characteristics that fill an important gap, where it is possible to reach the groups of innovative companies in each sector (and their territories in which they are inserted), with a process of data collection focused on secondary sources and yet of high effectiveness and assertiveness. In this way, it is possible to make a detailed analysis of what is most directly relevant to decision makers, with the need for a low investment and the possibility of constant updating of the information. Therefore, this chapter will discuss the construction and demonstration of practical examples of the innovation potential indicator and their respective subindexes.

Harnessing Knowledge Integration in IS Design for Innovation Facilitation

2015 ◽  
pp. 295-315
Author(s):  
Oliver Krone
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Is Design ◽  
Innovation Generation ◽  
Method Approach

This chapter examines from a Knowledge Integration (KI) perspective the innovation potential that resides in KI for the generation of Information System (IS) based on organizational innovation. The chapter does this by examining methodologically the process of Requirements Engineering (RE) as a research topic and uses for this purpose a mixed-method approach including literature review, participant observation, and recourse to secondary research. The chapter first outlines the emergence of KI as research topic in its own right before the emergence of IS as innovation in organizations is described. The chapter then examines the innovation inhibitors to KI as proxy for innovation generation. It argues in the conclusion that taking RE for IS premises and research methods employed in relation to research into KI might be guided by rationalistic efficiency-driven conceptions, while KI as research agenda seems to be premised on a notion of effectiveness.

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