scholarly journals SAPO – en modell för samverkan mellan forskare och aktörer utanför akademin inom området äldre och åldrande

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Håkan Jönson ◽  
Sara Hultqvist ◽  
Susanne Iwarsson
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Societal Challenge ◽  
External Actors ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Den åldrande befolkningen har identifierats som en samhällsutmaning. En tydlig utveckling inom forskning om sådana utmaningar är krav på medverkan från patientgrupper, brukarorganisationer och andra aktörer utanför akademin. Syftet med artikeln är att introducera en modell för utformning och värdering av samverkan mellan akademiska forskare och aktörer utanför akademin. Modellen bygger på en genomgång av internationellt etablerade traditioner och ramverk för sådan samverkan och ramas in av komponenterna syfte, aktör, process och omfattning (SAPO) eller enklare uttryckt genom frågorna: varför, med vem, när och hur mycket? Med hjälp av modellen kan både forskare och aktörer utanför akademin föra mer systematiska och kritiskt värderande resonemang om samverkan. Det kan i sin tur leda till effektivare arbetsformer och nyttiggörande av resultat från det mångfasetterade forskningsområde som rör den åldrande befolkningen.   SAPO (PAMP) – a model for collaboration between researchers and external actors wihin the field of ageing studies The ageing population has been identified as a societal challenge and it has been strongly emphasized that service users, interest groups and other actors that are external to academia should be included in this type of research. The aim of the present article is to introduce a model for the construction and evaluation of collaboration between researchers and external actors. The model is based on a review of established traditions and frameworks for such collaboration. It is summarized in the components purpose, actor, magnitude and process (PAMP, SAPO in Swedish) corresponding to the questions why, with whom, how much and when? The model will enhance the possibility of researches and external actors to approach collaboration systematically and evaluate it critically. This will in turn increase the efficiency of collaborative efforts and usefulness of findings within the multifaceted research field of ageing studies.

Crisis Politics in Deficit Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-149
Author(s):  
Stefanie Walter ◽  
Ari Ray ◽  
Nils Redeker
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Interest Group ◽  
Burden Sharing ◽  
Labor Market Reform ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Group Position ◽  
Political Upheaval ◽  
External Actors ◽  
Crisis Responses

How did the preferences of interest groups shape the design and contentiousness of crisis policies in deficit countries? And how did external actors influence their crisis responses? This chapter investigates these questions by drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources including newspaper coverage, voter public opinion data, interest group position papers, sovereign bailout documentation, and original qualitative evidence from seventeen in-depth interviews with national interest group representatives in Ireland, Spain, and Greece. There was a large consensus among both interest groups and voters across all three countries that external adjustment—that is, unilateral euro exit—should be avoided at all cost. This left financing and internal adjustment as the only options, and significant conflicts flared up in all three countries about how the costs associated with internal adjustment (and to a lesser extent financing) should be distributed. Within the confines set by the Troika, which effectively narrowed down the range of options available to deficit countries, interest groups pushed for reforms to which they were least vulnerable. Business interests, for example, generally supported adopting comprehensive spending-based consolidation measures and labor market reform. Conversely, labor unions and social policy groups actively supported policies that would entail stronger burden-sharing between firms and workers. Overall, internal adjustment policies adopted across all three cases generally reflected the preferences of employer associations more than those of workers, but especially in Spain and Greece, this was associated with considerable political upheaval.

scholarly journals Epidemiological aspects of ageing

1997 ◽  
Vol 352 (1363) ◽  
pp. 1829-1835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay-Tee Khaw
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Macular Degeneration ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Secular Variations ◽  
Optimal Health ◽  
Societal Challenge ◽  
Adjusted Incidence

A major societal challenge is to improve quality of life and prevent or reduce disability and dependency in an ageing population. Increasing age is associated with increasing risk of disability and loss of independence, due to functional impairments such as loss of mobility, hearing and vision; a major issue must be how far disability can be prevented. Ageing is associated with loss of bone tissue, reduction in muscle mass, reduced respiratory function, decline in cognitive function, rise in blood pressure and macular degeneration which predispose to disabling conditions such as osteoporosis, heart disease, dementia and blindness. However, there are considerable variations in different communities in terms of the rate of age–related decline. Large geographic and secular variations in the age–adjusted incidence of major chronic diseases such as stroke, hip fracture, coronary heart disease, cancer, visual loss from cataract, glaucoma and macular degeneration suggest strong environmental determinants in diet, physical activity and smoking habit. The evidence suggests that a substantial proportion of chronic disabling conditions associated with ageing are preventable, or at least postponable and not an inevitable accompaniment of growing old. Postponement or prevention of these conditions may not only increase longevity, but, more importantly, reduce the period of illnesses such that the majority of older persons may live high–quality lives, free of disability, until very shortly before death. We need to understand better the factors influencing the onset of age–related disability in the population, so that we have appropriate strategies to maintain optimal health in an ageing population.

scholarly journals On the description of multidimensional normal Hausdorff operators on Lebesgue spaces

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolf R. Mirotin
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Spectral Representation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Hausdorff Operator ◽  
Lebesgue Spaces ◽  
Summation Methods ◽  
Hausdorff Operators ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Matrix Symbol

AbstractHausdorff operators originated from some classical summation methods. Now this is an active research field. In the present article, a spectral representation for multidimensional normal Hausdorff operator is given. We show that normal Hausdorff operator in {L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{n})} is unitary equivalent to the operator of multiplication by some matrix-valued function (its matrix symbol) in the space {L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{n};\mathbb{C}^{2^{n}})}. Several corollaries that show that properties of a Hausdorff operator are closely related to the properties of its symbol are considered. In particular, the norm and the spectrum of such operators are described in terms of the symbol.

Principles of atomic friction: from sticking atoms to superlubric sliding

2007 ◽  
Vol 366 (1869) ◽  
pp. 1383-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Hölscher ◽  
André Schirmeisen ◽  
Udo D Schwarz
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Friction Force ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Friction Force Microscopy ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Frictional Forces ◽  
Moving Bodies ◽  
Friction Force Microscope ◽  
Made In

Tribology—the science of friction, wear and lubrication—is of great importance for all technical applications where moving bodies are in contact. Nonetheless, little progress has been made in finding an exact atomistic description of friction since Amontons proposed his empirical macroscopic laws over three centuries ago. The advent of new experimental tools such as the friction force microscope, however, enabled the investigation of frictional forces occurring at well-defined contacts down to the atomic scale. This research field has been established as nanotribology. In the present article, we review our current understanding of the principles of atomic-scale friction based on recent experiments using friction force microscopy.

The International Role of the European Parliament’s Intergroups

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 182-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Dutoit
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
External Support ◽  
Specific Theme ◽  
International Role ◽  
External Actors

Informal structures are often key to the perceptions by Members of the European Parliament (meps) of their role and also of how the European Parliament is perceived worldwide. Intergroups are one of the most remarkable examples of this: they tend to focus on a specific theme, attract the interest and involvement of individual meps, and profit from significant input by external actors such as interest groups or civil-society organizations. The role of intergroups in the international relations of the European Parliament is studied little in the literature and is thus the focus of this article. Through an assessment of their composition, organization and external support, the article discusses the extent to which informal structures such as intergroups contribute to the European Parliament’s international action, particularly on human rights matters.

scholarly journals Pediatric Anesthesia Specialty Societies and Multi-Institutional Collaborations

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Walters ◽  
James Kynes ◽  
Srijaya Reddy ◽  
Christy Crockett ◽  
Hannah Lovejoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Pediatric Anesthesia ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
International Level ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Special Committees ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Pediatric anesthesiology is a subspecialty of anesthesiology that deals with the high-risk pediatric population. The specialty has made significant advancement in large collaborative efforts to study and increase patient safety, including the creation of international societies, a dedicated journal, special committees and interest groups, and multi-institution databases for research and quality improvement. Readily available resources were created to help with the education of future pediatric anesthesiologists as well as continuing medical education. Conclusions: Specialty societies and collaborations in pediatric anesthesia are crucial for continuous improvement in the care of children. They promote research, education, quality improvement, and advocacy at the local, national, and international level.

scholarly journals Research on esotericism in Scandinavia

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Henrik Bogdan ◽  
Olav Hammer
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Field ◽  
The State ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Scandinavian Language ◽  
Western Esotericism ◽  
Language Literature

The title of this paper can be understood in two senses. In the sense of ‘research on esotericism carried out by Scandinavian scholars’, the field is blossoming. Several dozen individuals, at various points in their academic careers, are pursuing research on some aspect of Western esotericism however the concept is defined. In the other conceivable sense, ‘research on Scandinavian esotericism’, the availability of academic studies is generally more limited. The purpose of the present article is to survey the state of the art of this research field, especially pertaining to esotericism in Sweden (the country we are most familiar with), and to provide a rough map of the Scandinavian-language literature, especially for the benefit of non-Scandinavian readers.

scholarly journals Visions of Finland in the Age of Globalization

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lotta Lounasmeri
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
National Discourse ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
Competition State ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
National Consensus

Abstract It seems that in the current era of globalization, the national discourse has not lost its appeal in Finnish public discussion. Somewhat paradoxically, it is as strong as ever when the challenge of globalization is being debated in the Finnish press. A closer investigation of the national arena Helsingin Sanomat (HS) shows a coalition of powerful societal actors in the centre, building up a national consensus and a vision of Finland’s future as a competition state. Different interest groups are divided in their attitudes towards globalization and its implications for Finnish society. Less powerful actors see it as a threat and try to bring forward a vision of Finland as a fair and responsible nation. At the same time, mainstream journalism seems to be afraid of political conflict and of stirring things up. Instead, the paper holds on to the traditional consensus-oriented public discussion culture. The present article discusses the Finnish globalization discussion from the 1990s until 2004.

scholarly journals Analisis Faktor Pemakaian Jasa Bantuan Hukum Probono Legal Aid di Pengadilan Agama Kelas 1A Tanjung Karang Kota Bandar Lampung

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Abdul Qodir Zaelani
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
The Law ◽  
Service Managers

The purpose of this study is to uncover the factors underlying the use of probono legal aid legal aid services in the Class 1A Religious Court of Tanjung Karang, Bandar Lampung City. This research is a field research (field research), primary data taken from service users, service managers and officials in the Class 1A Religious Court of Tanjung Karang in Bandar Lampung City, through structured free interviews. This research found the fact that the presence of Legal Aid Posts which provide probono legal aid services is very helpful for people who need legal assistance because of their limitations with the factors that become the reasons for using legal aid services for probono legal aid. For those who do not understand the law, the presence of Posbakum in the Class 1A Religious Court of Bandar Lampung City is very helpful in the process of resolving legal issues, as well as for those who do not have sufficient budget and funds to resolve legal issues that are being passed through, the presence of Posbakum is very helpful and reduce their financial expenses. The presence of Posbakum also facilitates and accelerates the resolution of legal issues.

scholarly journals Inovasi Pelayanan Publik Dinas Penanaman Modal dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu Kabupaten Pandeglang

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-251
Author(s):  
Sifa Suryana ◽  
Leo Agustino ◽  
Arenawati Arenawati
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Integrated Service

This Paper about public service Innovation of the investment Office and One Stop Integrated Service of Pandeglang Regency (Case Study of the Public Service Mall in Pandeglang) the purpose of the Public Service Mall This is for the realization of public services that are fast, easy, cheap, transparent by involving vertical agencies, State-Owned Enterprises / Regional-Owned Enterprises, and the private sector in one place. This study uses the theory of Rogers (in Nurdin, 2019: 30) five variables: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Approach The research used is a qualitative approach with a case study method. The findings of the research field concluded that the Public Service Innovation of the Investment Office and One Stop Integrated Service of Pandeglang Regency at the Public Service Mall in Pandeglang was not optimal because there were several problems such as the location of the Public Service Mall which was less strategic; the facilities and infrastructure provided are not adequate; service users are not yet fully technology literate; officers still lack discipline in punctuality of service hours, and absenteeism; and the less than optimal efforts of the Office of Investment and One Stop Services in Pandeglang Regency in socializing the Public Service Mall to the public. Keywords: Innovation, Public Service, Public Service Mall

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