scholarly journals The LabTogo-Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Engler ◽  
Komi Agboka ◽  
Edem K. Koledzi ◽  
Jérémie Kokou Fontodji ◽  
Sena Alouka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
West African ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
Sustainable Implementation ◽  
Regenerative Energy ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Service ◽  
Research Structure

A joint project between West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), the University of Lomé and the German Biomass Research Center (Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum; DBFZ) was initiated in 2020. The project aims at evaluating alternative and regenerative energy sources for rural areas and creating the basis for successful implementation. In three different work packages, therefore, biomass potentials should be quantified, technologies should be examined with regard to their suitability and - in the case of biogas application - a research structure, pilot biogas laboratory, should be created that is necessary to enable the sustainable implementation of technologies.

Influence of doe age on incidence of multiple births and perinatal reproductive wastage in West African Dwarf goats

1991 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. A. Osuagwuh
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
West African ◽  
Multiple Births ◽  
Variable Component ◽  
Original Population ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
West African Dwarf ◽  
West African Dwarf Goats ◽  
Intensively Managed ◽  
The University

SUMMARYBreeding records over 12 years (1977–89), involving 455 West African Dwarf does derived from an original population of 133 breeding does, were used to examine the influence of dam age on the incidence of multiple births and perinatal reproductive wastage due to abortion and neonatal deaths. The animals were semi-intensively managed in two goat research units at the University of Ibadan Teaching and Research Farm.The regression results showed that the variable component, multiple births, increased (P < 0·01) linearly with advancing age of the doe, while the incidence of abortionsand neonatal deaths increased (P < 0·01) exponentially with doe age. Graphs plotted from the regression results indicated a sharp increase in the incidence of abortion and neonatal deaths between the ages of 6 and 7 years. This suggests that the practice of keeping these animals for longer than necessary, especially in rural areas of the country where they are mostly reared and kept for prestigious reasons, should be re-evaluated. Therefore it is recommended that to maintain an economically viable production system, does should be culled between the ages of 6 and 7 years and the provision of replacements planned accordingly.

History Teaching in Rural Areas: The University of Venda

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Alan Kirkaldy
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

I would argue that history students should understand that the whole body of historical writing consists of interpretations of the past. They should be able to analyse a wide variety of texts and form their own opinions on a historical topic, and should be able to construct a coherent argument, using evidence to support their opinion. In doing so, they should be actively aware that their argument is no more “true” than that offered by any other historian. It is as much a product of their personal biography and the social formation in which they live as of the evidence used in its construction. Even this evidence is the product of other personal biographies and other social forces.

Shock Troops and Shock Absorbers: IT Support and Emotional Labor in the Rationalizing University

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124162110176
Author(s):  
J. Lotus Seeley
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Help Desk ◽  
Shock Absorbers ◽  
It Support ◽  
New Policies ◽  
The University

Drawing on 200 hours of observation at The Help Desk, an IT Support (ITS) unit at a medical school, and interviews with 30 ITS workers from across the university, this article shows how organizational-level IT rationalization was affected at the microlevel through ITS workers’ extensive emotional labor and involvement in meaning-making projects. Successful implementation required ITS workers to function as shock troops, introducing and enforcing new policies, and shock absorbers, encouraging compliance and insulating administrators from discontent about those changes. This article contributes to inhabited institutions theories of organizational change by demonstrating the importance of service workers’ interactive and emotional labor to the coupling of institutional myth, organizational policy, and the interactions and practices of constituent members.

History Teaching in Rural Areas: The University of Venda

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Alan Kirkaldy
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

I would argue that history students should understand that the whole body of historical writing consists of interpretations of the past. They should be able to analyse a wide variety of texts and form their own opinions on a historical topic, and should be able to construct a coherent argument, using evidence to support their opinion. In doing so, they should be actively aware that their argument is no more “true” than that offered by any other historian. It is as much a product of their personal biography and the social formation in which they live as of the evidence used in its construction. Even this evidence is the product of other personal biographies and other social forces.

Issues in the Provision of Health Care in India: An Overview

2020 ◽  
pp. 097674792094518
Author(s):  
Vani Kant Borooah
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
Explicit Recognition ◽  
Optimal Mix

After reviewing health outcomes and policy in India, this paper concludes that there are at least six sets of issues to be addressed about improving the quantity and quality of health services, and ipso facto improving health outcomes, in India. First, the amount of resources earmarked for health needs to increase. Second, health resources need to be used in a fair and just manner and, in particular, complaints relating to egregious health outcomes need to be addressed. Predominant in this set of issues is oversight and regulation of private-sector health provision. The third set of issues relates to the allocation of health resources and, in particular, to the imbalance in the allocation of health resources between towns and villages. A fourth issue is the accessibility of rural areas since it is the most remote areas that have the lowest density of health workers. Another issue is the more efficient use of health workers in order to make them more productive. Finally, Indian health policy is stronger on rhetoric and aspiration than it is on action and implementation. The successful implementation of the policy requires the explicit recognition that objectives are often competing (primary versus tertiary care) and the acknowledgement that, with budgetary constraints, one cannot have more of one without having less of the other. The first role of policy is to then choose the optimal mix of objectives with respect to these trade-offs. Secondly, policies come up against vested interests which agitate (often with the support of opposition politicians) and litigate against proposed changes. Lastly, policies in India are made against a background of poor governance with the predatory presence of corruption looming over every policy initiative. In implementing, rather than simply articulating, a policy it is important to address these governance issues.

scholarly journals Sustainable Implementation of Interprofessional Education Using an Adoption Model Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-93
Author(s):  
Ruby Grymonpre ◽  
Christine Ateah ◽  
Heather Dean ◽  
Tuula Heinonen ◽  
Maxine Holmqvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
Sustainable Implementation ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The University

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a growing focus for educators in health professional academic programs. Recommendations to successfully implement IPE are emerging in the literature, but there remains a dearth of evidence informing the bigger challenges of sustainability and scalability. Transformation to interprofessional education for collaborative person-centred practice (IECPCP) is complex and requires “harmonization of motivations” within and between academia, governments, healthcare delivery sectors, and consumers. The main lesson learned at the University of Manitoba was the value of using a formal implementation framework to guide its work. This framework identifies key factors that must be addressed at the micro, meso, and macro levels and emphasizes that interventions occurring only at any single level will likely not lead to sustainable change. This paper describes lessons learned when using the framework and offers recommendations to support other institutions in their efforts to enable the roll out and integration of IECPCP.  

Impact of ICT on Reading Habits of Students: A Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
B. Kumara ◽  
B. T. Sampath Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Well Design ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Print Books ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This paper examines the impact of ICT on the reading habits of the students of Tumkur University. The survey was conducted using a well design and structured questionnaire. A total of 440 postgraduate students of faculty of Arts, Science and Commerce were chosen. The result of this study showed that most of the students are female (61.6%) and most of them (72.3%) are from rural areas. The study found that students read books daily at home (69.5%) followed by classroom (51.1%). The students strongly agreed that the print books are costlier than Internet sources (32.3%). The study results also indicated that students are accessed Internet every day and the students used ICT in support of their academic work. The study recommends that the university authorities in to provide more ICT facilities to all the postgraduate students. It is also necessary to conduct more ICT based learning programmes to the students.

Unveiling business school interns' satisfaction toward online summer internship program amid COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi Maini ◽  
Sanandi Sachdeva ◽  
Guneet Kaur Mann
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
North India ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The University

PurposeThe objective of this research is to explore factors that influence interns' satisfaction (is) toward the e-internship program, an alternate adopted by management institutes in lieu of the regular summer internship amidst the global pandemic, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional research design with a self-reported questionnaire was conducted on business school (B-school) interns to rate the factors that contribute to their e-internship satisfaction. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the responses obtained from 203 B-school interns with a diverse demographic background belonging to a government university of North India. Convenience sampling was employed to get valid responses from interested respondents.FindingsResults revealed that although all the four factors under consideration, faculty mentors' preparedness (FMP), industry mentors' preparedness (IMP), interns' readiness toward online internship and interns' Internet efficacy (IIE) are significantly related to IS, industry mentors' role was found to have a major impact on the IS. The study unravels that industry mentors' interaction has a potential role in the successful implementation of e-internships.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has implications for the university as well as the companies to ponder on factors that satisfy interns during the virtual internship and designing an effective internship program by having a collaborative approach.Originality/valueThere is a dearth of empirical studies on internships in general and e-internship in particular, so this study fills the gap and contributes to the existing literature and provides ways to satisfy B-school interns toward e-internship by addressing the key factors.

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