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Insights into collaboration at the project level: complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms

Drawing upon relevant concepts in organizational social theory (becoming ontology and processual view of complexity), and adopting an interpretative approach to studying organizational phenomena, this paper aims to make a contribution to the understanding of social processes in multi-organizational settings defined as ‘construction projects'. The study takes a critical view on the claimed advantages of non-conventional, innovative project procurement strategies as integration-enhancing mechanisms at the project level. Taking a swimming pool construction project governed by an innovative procurement procedure known as ‘two-stage tender’ as a case in point, the paper evaluates the extent to which better project team integration has been achieved in this context. Two major concerns emerged from the case study analysis: (1) two-stage tendering is an incomplete solution to tensions, adversarial culture and a lack of genuine cooperation over time; and (2) there is a need for facilitating mechanisms of a different nature to support and sustain collective situated learning and shared understanding of longer-term benefits of collaborative work. Based on the theoretical considerations and the interpretation of the empirical accounts, the paper proposes and refines a conceptual framework for understanding the complexity of construction projects as social settings. In the light of this framework, alternative concepts and skills for enhanced collaborative interaction among participating parties in this kind of social setting are suggested.
Incorporating feedforward action into self‐optimising control policies

The available methods for the selection of controlled variables (CVs), using the concept of self-optimising control (SOC), focus on finding CVs, which are held at constant setpoints using a feedback controller. In this paper, it is shown that better self-optimising properties can be achieved by incorporating feedforward action using measured disturbances in the SOC policies. The resulting operational policy allows the setpoints for CVs to be varied with measured disturbances, allowing for near-optimal operation in the presence of disturbances and uncertainties. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated through its application to an exothermic reactor and a forced-circulation evaporator.
Phylogenetic relationships and infraspecific variation in Canadian Arctic Poa based on chloroplast DNA restriction site data

Infraspecific variation and phylogenetic relationships of Canadian Arctic species of the genus Poa were stud- ied based on chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) variation. Restriction site analysis of polymerase chain reaction amplified cpDNA was used to reexamine the status of infraspecific taxa, reconstruct phylogenetic relationships, and reexamine previous classification systems and hypotheses of relationships. Infraspecific variation was detected in three species, but only in Poa hartzii Gand. did it correspond to infraspecific taxa where recognition of subspecies ammophila at the spe- cies level is supported. Additional variation in P. hartzii ssp. hartzii is hypothesized to be the result of hybridization with Poa glauca in the High Arctic and subsequent introgression resulting in repeated transfer of P. glauca DNA. The variation in Poa pratensis L. had a geographical rather than taxonomic basis, and is hypothesized to correspond to in- digenous arctic versus introduced extra-arctic populations. In P. glauca Vahl cpDNA variation was detected only in western Low Arctic and boreal populations and may represent greater variation where the species survived the Pleisto- cene glaciations. Cladistic parsimony analysis of cpDNA restriction site data mostly confirms recent infrageneric classi - fication systems. Poa alpina L. , along with the non-arctic Poa annua L. and Poa sect. Sylvestres, formed the basalmost clades. The remaining taxa group into two main clades: one consisting of Poa sects. Poa, Homalopoa, Madropoa and Diocopoa; the second, of Poa sects. Secundae, Pandemos, Abbreviatae and Stenopoa. Poa sect. Poa, comprising Poa arctica R. Br. and P. pratensis, is a strongly supported monophyletic group, not closely related to P. alpina. Poa hartzii is confirmed as a member of a paraphyletic or weakly supported P. sect. Secundae. Poa glauca and Poa abbreviata R. Br. are distinct members within a generally unresolved Poa. sect. Stenopoa-Abbreviatae complex
Investigating Gifted Middle School Students' Images about Scientists: A Cultural Similarity Perspective

The purpose of this study is to investigate gifted middle school students' images about scientists in terms of cultural similarity. Sample of the study is 64 gifted middle school students taking courses from a formal school for gifted students. The data were collected by using Draw-a-scientist (DAST) instrument and was analysed by two researchers using Draw-a-scientist C form. The data involved two different drawings for the scientist from similar culture and the popular scientists respectively, and explanations of the drawings. When looked at the findings from cultural similarity perspective, it was seen that the findings about the drawings changed for the scientists in terms of cultural similarity with the students. They wrote mostly Einstein and Edison for the popular scientists while they gave names of Cahit Arf, Avicenna and Ali Qushji for scientists from similar culture. Also they did draw lab coat and eyeglasses more frequently for the popular scientists than those for scientists from similar culture. As another finding, they drew more number of tools for research of common scientists than those for scientists from similar culture. Finally, they drew messy, noisy, non-sterile places for the scientists from similar culture while they imagined the scientists from similar culture as lazy, ignorant inattentive and clumsy. These findings show importance of cultural similarity perception of gifted students on the scientists when they think about the scientists, this situation asks new questions about culture-dependent scientist images of gifted students to gifted science education researchers using DAST.
A Strange Term in the Homogenization of Parabolic Equations with Two Spatial and Two Temporal Scales

We study the homogenization of a parabolic equation with oscillations in both space and time in the coefficient a(x/e,t/e2) in the elliptic part and spatial oscillations in the coefficient ρ(x/e) that is multiplied with the time derivative ∂tue. We obtain a strange term in the local problem. This phenomenon appears as a consequence of the combination of the spatial oscillation in ρ(x/e) and the temporal oscillation in a(x/e,t/e2) and disappears if either of these oscillations is removed.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS

Background: Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) should have good self-management capabilities. This is determined by the effective of health education which is based on the assessment of patients’ learning needs and consideration of health personel. On the other hand the study of perceptions of CHD patients’ learning needs in Indonesia is little known.Objective: This study aimed to identify the CHD patients’ learning needs.Methods: This study was a descriptive quantitative with cross-sectional approach. Population was CHD patients in one of the referral hospital in West Java Indonesia. Samples were recruited using consecutive sampling technique for a 2-month period (n=106). Data were collected using TR-CPLNI instrument and analyzed using descriptive quantitative and kruskall wallis test.Results: The order of learning needs based on the highest to the lowest mean was anatomy and physiology of heart (4.42); medication information (4.33); cardiopulmonary information (4.32); life style (4.28); dietary information (4.19); symptom management (4.08); psychology (4.07); and physical activity (3.64). The significant differences (p<0.05) based on ward categories were learning needs of dietary information (p=0.002); physical activity (p=0.009) and symptom management (p=0.037), with the highest needs respectively were in High Care Unit (HCU); HCU; and non-intensive care unit.Conclusions: These eight learning needs were important for CHD patients. However, the priority of the patients’ learning needs were seen by category of ward or recovery phase and illness duration different from each other. Therefore this can be a consideration in providing education to CHD patients.
Developing a regional approach to outstanding teaching and learning: a case study

It has often been acknowledged that teaching in higher education is afforded a relatively low status when compared to its more lucrative relation, research, and this is echoed in the literature (for example, Weimer, 1997; DfES, 2003 in Young, 2006). Teaching awards are reputed to provide many benefits to institutions and participating academic staff. Research indicates that teachers in higher education need recognition for their teaching efforts, respond positively to this recognition, and that teaching awards are one effective way of recognising and rewarding teaching (e.g. Ruedrich et al., 1992, 1986; Dinham and Scott, 2003). It is also acknowledged that when good teaching is rewarded, academic staff will remain committed to the improvement of teaching (Carusetta, 2001). This is not to suggest that the concept of the teaching award is universally ratified and supported (cf. Layton and Brown, 2011). Difficulties are reported, for example, in respect of identifying what teaching awards actually endorse (Chism, 2006). Other research has worked on identifying how to refine systems for recognising excellence, and interrogate, in a constructive way, the assumptions on which these systems are built (Skelton, 2004). Some recent commentary asks whether teaching awards and similar initiatives might actually lower the status of teaching despite best efforts to the contrary (see MacFarlane, 2011). The underlying challenge for the educational developers tasked with implementing the teaching award initiative described in this chapter was to establish a professionally useful process in a national (and global) environment of ‘entrepreneurialism, managerialism, massification, commercialism and reductionism’ (MacFarlane:163), a system which would have, and be perceived to have, academic and professional integrity. This system, which arose as part of a cross-institutional strategy of a conglomerate of higher education institutes, was re-imagined as a process which would, to as large an extent as possible, mitigate aspects of the ‘game’ of academic development, as Layton and Brown (2011: 164) characterise it, where ‘irresolvable, profound and unremitting contradictions hold sway’. In a time of reduced resources but increasing competitiveness, the Shannon Consortium was designed to establish the Shannon region as a zone of excellence in teaching and learning at third and fourth level and was part of a broader targeted initiative (the Strategic Innovation Funding cycle, 2006-2010). Four institutions in the mid-west of Ireland (University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick Institute of Technology Developing a Regional Approach to Outstanding Teaching and Learning: A case study 3
The Policy Relevance of Choice Modelling: An Application to the Ningaloo and Proposed Capes Marine Parks

One issue surrounding the use of Choice Modelling (CM) in policy is whether public and expert preferences diverge regarding particular environmental attributes. To investigate this issue two case studies use CM to value ecological attributes for the Ningaloo and proposed Capes marine parks in Western Australia. Public and expert populations are sampled, with consideration of information effects. Attention is also given to whether policy relevance can be improved by considering not only desired outcomes of the hypothetical policy options in the CM exercise, but also the management process used to achieve these outcomes. Preliminary results of the public sample identify significant impacts of both information and management process effects.
Impact of Pretreated Rice Bran on Wheat Dough Performance and Barbari Bread Quality

In this research roasted and sonicated rice bran were added at different levels (0, 5, 10, and 15% w/w) to wheat flour for the production of semi-voluminous bread. Dough's rheological properties as well as textural and sensory characteristics of bread were investigated. The results showed that water absorption (%), development time (min) and the degree of dough softening (FU) were increased but dough stability (min) was decreased by adding pretreated rice bran. Adding pretreated rice bran increased the moisture content and L* value of bread crust. The texture of samples which contained 10% pretreated rice bran during 3 hours after baking was less stiff than the control. However, there was no significant difference between samples which contained 5, 10% of rice bran and the sample without rice bran (P< 0.05) 48 hours after baking. Finally, the samples with 10% rice bran were selected as the most productive samples in this research by panelists.
Corporate Governance in Bangladesh: Evidence of Compliance

This study investigates companies’ level of compliance with the Code of Corporate Governance for Bangladesh. Using a quantitative approach, it aims to understand the extent a regulatory provision can enhance the governance scenario of a company. It employed a survey methodology, with a questionnaire being sent to all 229 companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. The results of the multivariate analysis suggest that age, size, industry and type of company have a statistically positive correlation with the level of compliance with the Code provisions. The findings of the study indicate that listed companies are, on average, moderately compliant with the Code, and compliance is comparatively higher with the Code provisions that coincide with other regulatory provisions. The major theoretical contribution of this study is with its empirical evidence of the code compliance literature from a developing country perspective. Moreover the findings can be used as a guide to help develop policies for better implementation of good governance standards; the identification of areas of non-compliance are expected to help code formulators, regulators and also companies to understand why and where companies are falling behind in compliance with the Code.
Factors associated with poor delivery outcomes among women delivering by breech in South Western Uganda: Unmatched case control study

Background : It is globally observed that breech delivery through vaginal route is associated with more adverse neonatal outcomes compared to caesarian section including low 5 minute Apgar score and perinatal mortality increased. The ideal mode of delivery in breech presentation remains an area of intense controversy worldwide coupled with paucity of studies to high light factors associated with poor outcomes among breech deliveries. Objective : This study set out to determine the neonatal delivery outcomes in women delivering by breech at Mbarara University teaching hospital, South Western Uganda and factors associated with poor neonatal outcomes among breech deliveries. Methods: This was an unmatched case control study of 208 breech births between January to December 2014. Relevant socio-demographic and obstetrical variables were abstracted from patients’ records. The data was analyzed using SPSS and cross tabulations were done and frequencies, percentages and Pearson Chi-square statistics obtained. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to test association. Significance level was set at p value 2.5kg is associated with better perinatal outcome among breech deliveries Keywords: Breech delivery, mode of delivery, birth weight, Apgar score, perinatal outcome.
Causal Attribution, Perceived Benefits and Morbidity After a Heart Attack: Modification of a New Medicine and Detection Communicational Smart System

The beat was stifled in a state of trauma; the flow was snarled in a narrow tube; and the heart was completely dysfunctional. Until that moment, 1.6 million people in Egypt were suffering from heart diseases. Trying to raise our level of consciousness and visualize that problem from various perspectives, we came up with the solution. Firstly, leave the room to explain the problem itself. Clearly, we tried to perceive communication by considering the molecular interactions in the vital biological activities. Indeed, heart disorders have become an exacerbating grand challenge for Egypt. According to the Fig.1, heart disorders represents 51.75% of the notable disorders in Egypt . One of the predominant heart diseases is heart attack. The danger of the disorder underlies in the ensuing strokes and the total dysfunction of lungs. As enacted by the GMC, the death toll emanated from heart attack has reached 25% and the odds are increasingly hiking. Furthermore, 40% of the total deaths by the disease took place due to the considerable delay time till an effective treatment. All these facts triggered our minds to establish their own solution that will destroy such tragedies. Goring through the project, you will find how we could implement our test plan to prove our scientific hypothesis, and test the design requirements associated with it in order to obtain a reasonable bunch of findings. By setting the tests, we proved the rightness of the hypothesis, measured the accuracy and the different factors affecting it. As a result, we managed to exploit ECG readings to detect heart attack before erupting by error percent of 7.1%, provide a reasonable heart status for the patient, and even maintain their heart function in 67 seconds using intravenous oxygen. In addition, we have utilized the drugs verapamil and nifedipine to vasodilate the coronary artery as a treatment. Simply, we have emancipated the previous chocked flow to fix its stifled state!
Co-working: Parents’ conception of roles in supporting their children’s speech and language development

Speech and language therapists’ (SLTs) roles include enabling parents to provide intervention. We know little about how parents understand their role during speech and language intervention or whether these change during involvement with SLTs. The theory of conceptual change, applied to parents as adult learners, is used as a framework for understanding changes in parents’ conception of roles during intervention. The aims of the study were (1) to investigate parents’ conception of their own and SLT roles during speech and language therapy intervention and (2) to explore changes in parents’ conception of their role as they work with SLTs. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 14 parents of pre-school children with speech and language needs referred to speech and language therapy in the UK. A subset of 8 parents participated in a longitudinal study over nine months to track any changes in conception of roles during intervention. Interviews were analysed using Thematic Network Analysis to identify basic, organizing and global themes. Framework Analysis was used to compare participants over time and identify any changes reported by parents. Parents had a firm conception of their role as advocates but did not express a clear notion of their role as intervener before involvement with the SLT. During intervention, some described changing their conception of role including adopting roles as ‘implementer’ and ‘adaptor’ of intervention. In some cases, parents described changes in their approach to parenting which they associated with adopting more active roles as interveners. Policy statements about parental choice and co-working typically present parents’ conception of roles as fixed. This research shows that parents may change their conception of role as they work with SLTs and become increasingly involved as interveners. Implications for practice include negotiating roles in the partnership before intervention begins and enabling parents to adopt an intervener role.
Factors affecting labour productivity of construction worker on construction site: A case of Hanoi

Labour productivity of Vietnamese economy in general and of Vietnamese construction industry in particular is low in comparison with other countries. Boosting labour productivity is becoming an urgency and is attracting much attention from both domestic and foreign researchers. This paper focuses on a series of factors affecting labour productivity on construction site in Hanoi. The research aims to evaluate and rate the extent of impact of each factor to labour productivity. By referring to the outcomes of this study, Vietnamese construction contractors will be able to come up with workable solutions which will contribute towards a better performance of construction workers. On that basis, the productivity of construction firms and national economy will be improved correspondingly. Keywords: productivity; labour productivity; factors affecting; construction worker.
a new foodweb based on microbes in calcitic caves: The Cansiliella (Beetles) case in northern italy

inTrOducTiOn In air-filled cave and karst habitats, troglobites and troglophiles rely on an influx of allochthonous (surface-derived) organic matter from dripwaters or sheetflow on moist cave-wall surfaces. This habitat type is referred to as the cave hygropetric (Sket, 2004). Hydrological isolation for some cave hygropetric habitats may restrict the influx of organic matter, making a habitat nutrient-limited overall. Consequently, food limitation over extended periods of time has served as a major driver for evolutionary adaptation for troglobites (e.g., Sket, 2004). One highly evolved, troglobitic beetle, Cansiliella servadeii Paoletti 1980 (Coleoptera: Leptodirini, formerly Bathysciinae), has been found at a depth of ~450 m below the surface in Grotta della Foos, northeastern Italy. Paoletti M.G. , Beggio M. , Dreon A.L. , Pamio A. , Gomiero T. , Brilli M. , Dorigo L. , Concheri G. , Squartini A. , Summers Engel A. 2011. A new foodweb based on microbes in calcitic caves: the Cansiliella (Beetles) case in Northern Italy. International Journal of Speleology, 40(1), 45-52. Tampa, FL (USA). ISSN 0392-6672. DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.40. 1.6
Using business survey in industrial and services sector to nowcast GDP growth:The French case

This paper proposes new bridge equations for the short-term French GDP forecasting. This tool allows to nowcast the quarterly GDP growth in France for the current quarter, based on the monthly business surveys in the industrial and services sectors. We use an automatic model selection procedure which brings a robust, clear and systematic framework for selecting variables. The forecasting performance for the different selected models is evaluated and we show that taking into account the business surveys in the services sector can be useful for nowcasting GDP growth rate.