scholarly journals Developing Safety Cultures in Amtrak and WMATA

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Buckley ◽  
Keith Marfione ◽  
Hannah Putman
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Promising Practices ◽  
Organizational Safety ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Safety Cultures ◽  
Collaborative Cultures

Amtrak and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) have made recent efforts to improve their organizational safety cultures. By transforming their values and behaviors, these transportation organizations sought to reduce employee and passenger accidents and injuries, as well as build more collaborative cultures. This paper illustrates case studies of Amtrak and WMATA and examines the strategies and promising practices that these organizations employed to improve their safety cultures.

Short-Form Application of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test to Latino Children

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-235
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Carol Melnick Ratusnik ◽  
Karen Sattinger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
Data Application ◽  
York Metropolitan Area ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar (Toronto, 1973) and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (Lee, 1971) were devised for use with bilingual Latino children while preserving the original normative data. Application of a multiple regression technique to data collected on 60 lower social status Latino children (four years and six months to seven years and one month) from Spanish Harlem and Yonkers, New York, yielded a small but powerful set of predictor items from the Spanish and English tests. Clinicians may make rapid and accurate predictions of STSG or NSST total screening scores from administration of substantially shortened versions of the instruments. Case studies of Latino children from Chicago and Miami serve to cross-validate the procedure outside the New York metropolitan area.

scholarly journals On Writing and Reading Artistic Computational Ecosystems

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Filipe Antunes ◽  
Frederic Fol Leymarie ◽  
William Latham
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Call System ◽  
And Behaviors

We study the use of the generative systems known as computational ecosystems to convey artistic and narrative aims. These are virtual worlds running on computers, composed of agents that trade units of energy and emulate cycles of life and behaviors adapted from biological life forms. In this article we propose a conceptual framework in order to understand these systems, which are involved in processes of authorship and interpretation that this investigation analyzes in order to identify critical instruments for artistic exploration. We formulate a model of narrative that we call system stories (after Mitchell Whitelaw), characterized by the dynamic network of material and conceptual processes that define these artefacts. They account for narrative constellations with multiple agencies from which meaning and messages emerge. Finally, we present three case studies to explore the potential of this model within an artistic and generative domain, arguing that this understanding expands and enriches the palette of the language of these systems.

scholarly journals Courage, commitment and collaboration : notions of leadership in the New Zealand ECE 'Centres of Innovation'

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kate Thornton
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Regular Reflection ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Collaborative Cultures

<p>Historically there has been a lack of recognition for, and research into, leadership in the New Zealand early childhood education sector. The Centres of Innovation (COI) programme provides a unique opportunity for research into effective leadership in quality services that can contribute to our knowledge and understanding of leadership in the sector as a whole. This study, exploring how leadership is defined and enacted in the COI, found that although not all educators were comfortable with being identified as leaders, individuals and the centres as a whole were demonstrating leadership in ways that fitted their service contexts. Leadership across the COI was characterised by courage, commitment and collaboration. The innovative approaches of the COI appear to be due in no small part to the collaborative centre cultures in which innovation is encouraged, educators feel valued and supported, and there is regular reflection and a commitment to continuous improvement . Those in leadership positions in the COI have promoted these collaborative cultures and through their example teacher leadership has been encouraged. The COI not only provide case studies of educative leadership (Meade, 2003a) but also case studies of learning communities. These learning communities include researchers and members of the wider community as well as the educators. Leadership as defined and enacted in the COI is a shared endeavour and this model of working collaboratively in a learning community towards a shared vision is one that the rest of the sector can learn from.</p>

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF LOCAL BRANDS ON DOMESTIC INVESTORS’ DECISION TO SELECT INVESTMENT LOCATIONS: CASE STUDIES IN VIETNAM

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Ai Tran Huu ◽  
Thu Nguyen Thi Mong ◽  
My Phan Thi Chieu
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Investment Environment ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
And Behaviors

The objective of the research is to explore and determine the influence of some factors on the investor’s decision to choose a location in Vietnam. The survey was conducted in Vietnam with the total of 350 copies distributed and 312 collected, of which 284 copies were satisfactory for analysis. The research results show that shaping positive attitudes and behaviors towards local brands concerns not only each investment business but also the investment environment of each locality overall.

scholarly journals Desempeño térmico de fachadas verdes tradicionales de orientación este en viviendas seriadas emplazadas en climas áridos

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
Pablo Abel Suarez ◽  
María Alicia Cantón ◽  
Érica Correa
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Thermal Condition ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Arid Climate ◽  
Interior Walls ◽  
The Impact

Green infrastructure is a strategy for mitigating urban and building temperatures. This work assesses the impact of a type of Vertical Greenery System (VGS), the Traditional Green Façades (TGF), on the thermal condition of dwellings located in the Metropolitan Area of Mendoza, Argentina, whose climate is dry desert (BWk - Köppen-Geiger). To this end, two case studies were monitored for two consecutive summers: a dwelling with an east-facing TGF and a control dwelling of the same typology and materiality. Outdoor and indoor ambient temperature data were recorded: surface exterior and interior, and horizontal radiation. Decreases of up to 3.1°C in the indoor ambient temperature of FVT dwellings, of up to 27.4°C on exterior walls and 6.5°C on interior walls were found. The magnitudes of the results found show the potential of applying this strategy in an arid climate.

scholarly journals Developmentalism and Territory: Three Transport Infrastructures in Santa Fe (Argentina, 1957-1971) as Case Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Camila Costa
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Developmental Model ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Constituent Part ◽  
Technological Artifacts ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Production Conditions

This study aims to recognize the elements that make up the notion of technological determinism and the power (in a political sense) of technologies in the transformation of a given area. Three major infrastructure projects are addressed, understood as technological artifacts, built in the 1960s, that consolidated the physiognomy of the corridor of National Route 168 —Santa Fe city, Argentina—. The hypothesis that guides the study assumes that infrastructures and their materiality have influenced the transformation of the territory that contains them, specifically in the Santa Fe-Paraná metropolitan area. The cases addressed —two bridges and a subfluvial tunnel— were analyzed through the recognition of their construction systems, architectural aspects —if any— and production conditions. Concrete as the predominant material turns out to be, not only the condition of possibility to experience the territory, but also, a constituent part of it. It is considered that the context of production of the works —developmental model— and the level of appropriation and assessment achieved, are fundamental aspects to understand the notion of technological determinism in these infrastructures.

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