scholarly journals Understanding the Concept of Life Quality within the Framework of Social Service Provision: Theoretical Analysis and a Case Study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Palovičová
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Life Quality

scholarly journals Responding to COVID-19: Lessons Learned from a Senior Living and Social Service Organization

Geriatrics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Margaret Danilovich ◽  
Christie Norrick ◽  
Rachel Lessem ◽  
Laura Milstein ◽  
Nikki Briggs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Service ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Social Service Organizations ◽  
Work From Home

This case study analyzes one senior living and social service organization’s coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis response. We conducted interviews with n = 14 department managers to explore the organization’s pivot to remote work and service provision. We used the Pearson and Mitroff Crisis Management Framework to organize themes. A pre-existing culture of teamwork, willingness to adapt and adopt new approaches, and responsiveness to new policies and procedures facilitated the COVID-19 crisis response. However, low levels of digital literacy among staff, decreased job satisfaction due to no face-to-face interaction between care recipient and service provider, and lack of proactive policies for crisis response, which decreased the speed of enacting remote service provision, were obstacles in effective crisis response. Lessons learned from this case study highlight the need for pre-emptive policy creation on remote service provision and work from home policies, as well as training considerations for senior living and social service organizations.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Performance of Three Popular Web Mapping Libraries: A Case Study Using Argentina’s Life Quality Index

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Alejandro Zunino ◽  
Guillermo Velázquez ◽  
Juan Pablo Celemín ◽  
Cristian Mateos ◽  
Matías Hirsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Web Mapping ◽  
Network Bandwidth ◽  
Web Map ◽  
Raster Maps ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
Network Usage ◽  
Overall Performance

Recent Web technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, and WebGL have enabled powerful and highly dynamic Web mapping applications executing on standard Web browsers. Despite the complexity for developing such applications has been greatly reduced by Web mapping libraries, developers face many choices to achieve optimal performance and network usage. This scenario is even more complex when considering different representations of geographical data (raster, raw data or vector) and variety of devices (tablets, smartphones, and personal computers). This paper compares the performance and network usage of three popular JavaScript Web mapping libraries for implementing a Web map using different representations for geodata, and executing on different devices. In the experiments, Mapbox GL JS achieved the best overall performance on mid and high end devices for displaying raster or vector maps, while OpenLayers was the best for raster maps on all devices. Vector-based maps are a safe bet for new Web maps, since performance is on par with raster maps on mid-end smartphones, with significant less network bandwidth requirements.

scholarly journals Railway Transport Liberalization: A Case Study of Various Countries in the World

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Turgut Ozkan ◽  
Gozde Yanginlar ◽  
Salih Kalayci
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Railway Transportation ◽  
Market Change ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Private Participation ◽  
The World

<p>Today, the processes of restructuring the railway sector and the liberalization of the railway market change significantly. Vertical separation between infrastructure railway transportation service provision and train operations is a significant key element in the railway liberalization. This paper focuses on a research into railway regulation and liberalization in 30 countries. The aim of this paper is to give a comparative overview of the regulation of railways and analyses the process of the liberalization and restructuring of railways in the 30 countries. We test this theoretical prediction using a data base that contains investment in transport with private participation, transport services information from World Bank. Our final results are valid for the period 1980-2014. Overall, the analyses showed statistically significant interaction effects between railways transportation and transport services and investment in transport with private participation. This study presents new insights in theory, paving the way for further research.</p>

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