Using Phenomenological Research to Drive Dynamic Modeling

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-77
Author(s):  
Nathan A. Minami
Keyword(s):  
Study Data ◽  
Mathematical Science ◽  
Random Choice ◽  
Concept Model ◽  
Army Officers ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Structural Descriptions

One of the most difficult aspects in mathematical modeling and simulation is developing data to drive models and learning. This is particularly difficult when the subject involves intangible variables and concepts such as stress and perceptions that are difficult to ascribe a quantitative value to. This paper provides a description of how qualitative data collected during in depth phenomenological interviews with subject matter experts can be used to drive models. It also provides a case study of insurgency warfare and coalition and Afghan National Government performance during the last ten years. The U.S. government has spent more than $300 billion on the war in Afghanistan. Despite the employment of these resources, the goal of creating stability in the country has not been achieved. Twenty U.S. Army officers with six or more months of experience in Afghanistan were selected by random choice from a specific group. The participants were then interviewed to determine the meaning of their experiences in fighting an insurgency. Data analysis included organizing responses by question to identify the frequency of trends, patterns, and themes; and development of textural and structural descriptions of resource allocation and stability within the context of this study. Data was then transformed to create look-up tables that can be used to model, calibrate, and ascribe quantitative values to various variables in a dynamic insurgency model. A proof of concept model was then created to demonstrate the potential utility and power behind a model that combines the qualities of quantitative mathematical science and qualitative research methodology.

scholarly journals KETIDAKEFEKTIFAN KALIMAT PADA SURAT DINAS PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN GORONTALO

TELAGA BAHASA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-260
Author(s):  
Darmawati M.R.
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Official Document ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Good Measurement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
District Government ◽  
Regional Languages ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

AbstrakSurat merupakan alat komunikasi resmi antarlembaga pemerintah yang wajib menggunakan bahasa Indonesia yang efektif. Hal itu berarti bahwa bahasa Indonesia yang digunakan dalam tata naskah dinas  adalah bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benar. Namun, apakah yang dijadikan alat ukur atau kriteria bahasa yang baik? Apa alat ukur dan kriteria bahasa yang benar?  Tulisan ini bertujuan menguraikan  ketidakefektifan kalimat pada surat dinas pemerintah Kabupaten Gorontalo, dan mendeskripsikan faktor penyebab ketidakefektifannya. Metode pengumpulan data tulisan ini adalah studi pustaka dengan teknik catat. Analisis data menggunakaan analisis deskriptif dengan berdasar pada teori Kalimat Efektif. Dari temuan yang diperoleh tampak bahwa kalimat-kalimat yang benar secara struktur bahasanya, belum tentu sudah efektif kalimatnya, apalagi jika memang sudah kacau dari segi struktur. Dari 25 data yang dianalisis pada tulisan ini,  masih terdapat banyak kesalahan yang menyebabkan kalimat-kalimat dalam surat dinas tidak efektif. Bahkan,  tampak beberapa kesalahan berulang seperti penggunaan tanda titik dua setelah kata pada, kekeliruan penulisan preposisi di dan awalan di- , kontaminasi bentuk aktif dan pasif, penulisan singkatan sampai dengan yang keliru, penghilangan salah satu unsur utama kalimat, baik subjek maupun objek, dan penggunaan partikel-nya yang tidak tepat pada penutup surat. Dari ke-25 data tersebut, faktor-faktor penyebab ketidakefektifan kalimat dalam bahasa surat di Lingkungan Pemerintah Kabupaten Gorontalo, yakni kontaminasi atau kerancuan, pleonasme, ambiguitas, ketidakjelasan subjek, kemubaziran preposisi dan kata, kesalahan nalar, ketidaktepatan bentuk kata, ketidaktepatan makna kata, pengaruh bahasa daerah, dan pengaruh bahasa asing.Katakunci: ketidakefektifan, kalimat efektif, srat dinas pemerintah  The Ineffectiveness Sentence at the Official Service Letters Case Study at Gorontalo District Government AbstractLetters are official communication tools between government institutions that are required to use effective Indonesian. That means that the Indonesian language used in official document manuscripts is Indonesian that is good and right. However, what is good measurement tools or language criteria? What are the correct measuring tools and language criteria? This paper aims to describe the ineffectiveness of the sentence on the Gorontalo District government official service letter and find out the factors causing its ineffectiveness. The method used in this paper was a literary study. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis based on Effective Sentence theory. From the findings obtained that the sentences that are structurally correct, may not necessarily have been effective sentences, especially if they have been confused in terms of structure. Of the 25  data analyzed in this paper, there are still many errors that cause the sentences in the service letter to be ineffective. In fact, it appears several repetitive errors such as the use of a colon after the word in, the error of writing the preposition di-  and the prefix contaminated active and passive forms, abbreviation of sampai dengan is written wrong, omitting one of the main elements of the sentence, both the subject and object and the use -nya particles are not right on the cover of the letter. From the 25 data, the factors causing ineffectiveness of sentences in letter language in Gorontalo District Government Environment, namely contamination or ambiguity, pleonasm, ambiguity, subject obscurity, waste of prepositions and words, erroneous reasoning, inaccurate word form, inaccurate meaning of words, the influence of regional languages, and the influence of foreign languages.Keywords: ineffective, effective sentences, official texts letters  

scholarly journals The imaginative function in student learning: Theory and case study data from third year neuroscience

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
David B. Hay
Keyword(s):  
Learning Theory ◽  
Study Data ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Case Study Data

This paper combines critique of learning theory and case study data from two third-year Neuroscience students. The results and conclusions show how higher education learning research can be developed by focusing on students’ changing locution of their study-subjects. A shift from the cognitive perspectives of assimilation learning theory, towardsvisualising dialogue is described and used to foreground the ways that the cognitive and dialogic “positions” construe learning differently. The analysis shows that theories and methods addressing language use provide richer learning data and a more explanatory account of understanding in an academic context. The data provide empirical evidence for the function of imagination in learning. They also illustrate two different ways in which the re-patterning of text leads to insight. The data of the first case study is ostensibly formal, comprising creativity in a continuous semiotic extension as the student shifts from one mode of representation (writing) to another (drawing). Here, however, the locution of the subject rarely goes “beyondthe-given” of the pre-existing discourse. The work of the second student is more conspicuously inter-textual, involving the active postponement of commitments to form, as multiple texts and text-types are read intheir relations. This depends on reading and re-writing each separate lecture or paper from a growing apprehension of the perspectives of yet another (lecture or paper). Thus the student’s academic subject iseventually re-patterned originally in an inter-animation of all these texts together: an imaginative process that includes awareness of the context of text (i.e. the relativized positions of particular authors), as well asaffective relationship towards the subject and its speakers. The discussion focuses on academic reading/writing as a simultaneous process of dialogue and design and a view of the imaginative function is developed that is relevant to science education, as much as toliterary criticism. The implications for university teaching are considered and some suggestions are made for future research.

FOSTERING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN ENGLISH WRITING WITH MICROBLOGGING IN TWITTER

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thu Hien
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology

Twitter and Microblogging are two separate entities but completes each other. Both of them can be used as language learning tools and their potential has been proved by several scholars. This study tries to examine students’ experiences in integrating microblogging with twitter. It is also study about the beneficial roles of microblogging with Twitter in language learning, its relation to writing, and its appropriateness in language learning. This study employs a qualitative research methodology, and case study as its research design. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were employed in this study to find out about participants' views about microblogging and Twitter. From this study, it can be concluded that the participants of the study underwent various experiences during the implementation of microblogging with Twitter. They also felt that microblogging with Twitter at some point advantages them to systematically arrange their ideas, and allows them to choose appropriate diction of their ideas. They also stated that Twitter can be an appropriate means in language learning, especially in English writing<em>.</em>

Removing Self-stigma: The Successes of People with Schizophrenia in Removing Self-stigma Through Self-control

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Franciscus Adi Prasetyo ◽  
Jajang Gunawijaya
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Depth Interviews

Self-stigma experienced by people who experience schizophrenia has influence on reduced self-esteem, on powerlessness, the weakening of hope, and a motivation towards recovery. The aim of this study is to explain the efforts of people suffering schizophrenia to manage their self-stigma through self-control, using a case study approach. Based on the purposive sampling technique, five people with schizophrenia were selected as the cases to be studied. Data collection techniques utilized in-depth interviews, observation, and documentary studies. The analysis of the study data employed the stages of data reduction, data display, and data verification. Improvement in study quality employed the triangulation of data sources by checking the data to determine its consistency. The results of this study indicate that people with schizophrenia who have the ability to self-control can overcome self-stigma through changes in the manner of viewing themselves, self-training through activities, having endurance, having an honest approach, being able to explain schizophrenia from a positive viewpoint, having initiative, and having a positive attitude and the courage to face challenges.

Polytechnic to Business Project (P2B) a Case of Innovation and Knowledge Transference

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Teresa Paiva
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Manage Innovation

Background: The theoretical background of this article is on the model developed of knowledge transfer between universities and the industry in order to access the best practices and adapt to the study case in question regarding the model of promoting and manage innovation within the universities that best contribute with solution and projects to the business field. Objective: The development of a knowledge transfer model is the main goal of this article, supported in the best practices known and, also, to reflect in the main measurement definitions to evaluate the High Education Institution performance in this area. Methods: The method for this article development is the case study method because it allows the fully understanding of the dynamics present within a single setting, and the subject examined to comprehend what is being done and what the dynamics mean. The case study does not have a data collection method, as it is a research that may rely on multiple sources of evidence and data which should be converged. Results: Since it’s a case study this article present a fully description of the model proposed and implemented for the knowledge transfer process of the institution. Conclusion: Still in a discussion phase, this article presents as conclusions some questions and difficulties that could be pointed out, as well as some good perspectives of performed activity developed.

An Ayurvedic Visual Rehabilitation In Lebers Congenital Amaurosis - Prospective Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Vidhyasri M ◽  
Dr. S. M. Pasha
Keyword(s):  
Marked Improvement ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Visual Disability ◽  
Visual Rehabilitation ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Slow Frequency

Introduction: This is the case report of child who was diagnosed with LCA reported with complaints of large-amplitude, slow-frequency, roving nystagmus, frequent tendency to press on his eyes, enopthalmos, with completely normal ophthalmoscopic examination with normal appearing optic nerve and retina and has a non recordable ERG; considering this condition under the lines of Vataja Nanatmaja Vyadhi treatment was structured to render effective visual rehabilitation which showed marked results. Methods: 4 years old male child who was diagnosed with lebers congenital amaurosis was brought by his parents to Eye OPD, GAMC, Bengaluru. The presentation of this case includes bibliographic review of the subject, presentation of a clinical case and description of the importance of Ayurvedic prespective of handling of these patients. Results: The child showed improvement in fixing for light and also nystagmus showed marked improvement and there were considerable behavioural changes observed. Discussion: It is important to deepen the environment of the disease to know the possible implications in Ayurvedic management, recognize the magnitude of visual disability that our patient presents for the establishment of the treatment plan and provide an integral care of excellence in an interdisciplinary way in favor of visual rehabilitation of our patients and also help to restore quality of life with no potential risks of side effects.

Parent and Grandparent Relationships in Emerging Adulthood

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Family Development ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Theory Framework

Chapter 7 begins with an overview of Erikson’s ideas about intimacy and its place in the life cycle, followed by a summary of Bowlby and Ainsworth’s attachment theory framework and its relation to family development. The authors review existing longitudinal research on the development of family relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood, focusing on evidence with regard to links to McAdams and Pals’ personality model. They discuss the evidence, both questionnaire and narrative, from the Futures Study data set on family relationships, including emerging adults’ relations with parents and, separately, with grandparents, as well as their anticipations of their own parenthood. As a way of illustrating the key personality concepts from this family chapter, the authors end with a case study of Jane Fonda in youth and her father, Henry Fonda, to illustrate these issues through the lives of a 20th-century Hollywood dynasty of actors.

scholarly journals Techniques for Mitigating the Effects of Smoke Taint While Maintaining Quality in Wine Production: A Review

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1672
Author(s):  
Ysadora A. Mirabelli-Montan ◽  
Matteo Marangon ◽  
Antonio Graça ◽  
Christine M. Mayr Marangon ◽  
Kerry L. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Global Perspective ◽  
Wine Industry ◽  
Wine Production ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Initial Severity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Available Information

Smoke taint has become a prominent issue for the global wine industry as climate change continues to impact the length and extremity of fire seasons around the world. Although the issue has prompted a surge in research on the subject in recent years, no singular solution has yet been identified that is capable of maintaining the quality of wine made from smoke-affected grapes. In this review, we summarize the main research on smoke taint, the key discoveries, as well as the prevailing uncertainties. We also examine methods for mitigating smoke taint in the vineyard, in the winery, and post production. We assess the effectiveness of remediation methods (proposed and actual) based on available research. Our findings are in agreement with previous studies, suggesting that the most viable remedies for smoke taint are still the commercially available activated carbon fining and reverse osmosis treatments, but that the quality of the final treated wines is fundamentally dependent on the initial severity of the taint. In this review, suggestions for future studies are introduced for improving our understanding of methods that have thus far only been preliminarily investigated. We select regions that have already been subjected to severe wildfires, and therefore subjected to smoke taint (particularly Australia and California) as a case study to inform other wine-producing countries that will likely be impacted in the future and suggest specific data collection and policy implementation actions that should be taken, even in countries that have not yet been impacted by smoke taint. Ultimately, we streamline the available information on the topic of smoke taint, apply it to a global perspective that considers the various stakeholders involved, and provide a launching point for further research on the topic.

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