Search results for "Critical factors"
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Next Generation Home Sharing: Disrupting Platform Organizations with Blockchain Technology and the Internet of Things?
2020
During the last decade, the sharing economy has given birth to a number of market mediators, which have grown to become the world’s most valuable companies. Centralized sharing platforms like Uber, Didi Chuxing, and Airbnb have transformed several traditional industries. However, with the rise of the blockchain technology, some voices predict that these platform companies will soon be at risk of being disrupted themselves. In this chapter, we address the question of whether blockchain technology has given birth to a new breed of sharing economy platforms that can challenge the incumbents’ business models. We identify five different stages of the application of blockchain technology in emerg…
Alla ricerca dei fattori rilevanti nell’adozione dei sistemi di gestione della performance nelle amministrazioni pubbliche territoriali. L’analisi di…
2013
La ricerca scientifica ha dimostrato che la gestione della performance nelle amministrazioni pubbliche sta oggi spostando il proprio focus dalla mera attività di raccolta e rendicontazione di dati alla generazione di informazioni atte a supportare la formulazione di decisioni. L’analisi comparativa dei casi di studio analizzati in questo articolo mira ad identificare i fattori critici sottostanti alla progettazione e all’utilizzo dei sistemi di gestione della performance nelle amministrazioni regionali. Da questa analisi emerge che alcune variabili risultano essenziali ai fini di un’efficace adozione dei sistemi di performance management. Tra queste variabili sono annoverabili: il ruolo del…
Critical Factors in Opening Pharmaceutical Packages: a Usability Study among Healthcare Workers, Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Elderly Women
2013
The successful education sector development in Tanzania – comment on gender balance and inclusive education
2010
In this paper we discuss to what extent the international and national equality goals regarding gender balance and inclusive education have been reached in the education sector development in Tanzania. According to recent reports, the development trend has been generally positive, and the country is close to achieving its primary education targets. More detailed reviews suggest, however, that current monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are too narrow to catch the critical factors regarding equality, particularly in secondary education. Our comment concerns the achievements and challenges, and emphasises the significance of a multidimensional set of information including in‐depth qualitativ…
Identifying relevant segments of AI applications adopters : Expanding the UTAUT2’s variables
2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a future-defining technology, and AI applications are becoming mainstream in the developed world. Many consumers are adopting and using AI-based apps, devices, and services in their everyday lives. However, research examining consumer behavior in using AI apps is scant. We examine critical factors in AI app adoption by extending and validating a well-established unified theory of adoption and use of technology, UTAUT2. We also explore the possibility of unobserved heterogeneity in consumers’ behavior, including potentially relevant segments of AI app adopters. To augment the knowledge of end users’ engagement and relevant segments, we have added two new antec…
Trust in the educational partnership narrated by parents of a child with challenging behaviour
2019
This study examined trust in educational partnership in the context of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland, from the viewpoint of parents of a child with challenging behaviour. Typically, such children have difficulties in regulating their behaviour and emotions. Semi-structured interviews with 23 parents were content-analysed in a narrative framework. The analysis revealed two critical elements of trust in educational partnership: (1) Child well-being in the day care centre, and (2) a supportive parent–educator relationship and collaboration. Critical factors in the first element of trust were educators’ respectful and good-quality relationships with the child and fair and…
Course Satisfaction in Engineering Education Through the Lens of Student Agency Analytics
2020
This Research Full Paper presents an examination of the relationships between course satisfaction and student agency resources in engineering education. Satisfaction experienced in learning is known to benefit the students in many ways. However, the varying significance of the different factors of course satisfaction is not entirely clear. We used a validated questionnaire instrument, exploratory statistics, and supervised machine learning to examine how the different factors of student agency affect course satisfaction among engineering students (N = 293). Teacher’s support and trust for the teacher were identified as both important and critical factors concerning experienced course satisf…
Criteri per l’analisi post-danno – Criteria for post-damage analysis.
2010
Gli elementi non-strutturali risultano assai più vulnerabili al sisma delle strutture, così come reso evidente dai terremoti che nell’ultimo decennio hanno colpito il nostro paese. Il danneggiamento di tali elementi, oltre a mettere a serio rischio la sicurezza degli edifici, e dunque l’incolumità, spesso rende diseconomici, disagevoli o addirittura impraticabili gli interventi di riparazione degli edifici. Ciò anche quando questi sono a struttura intelaiata e progettati e realizzati con criteri antisismici e le strutture non hanno subito danni di rilievo. D’altronde il comportamento sismico degli elementi non strutturali è stato lungamente trascurato e dall’analisi dello stato dell’arte in…
Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA)
2011
The Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) is a PCR-based method. The procedure relies on sequence-specific probe hybridization of genomic DNA, followed by multiplex-PCR amplification of the hybridized probe and a semiquantitative analysis of the resulting PCR products. MLPA allows the analysis of around 40 loci in the same reaction, and is a sensitive and relatively fast technique. Only a small amount of DNA is required and results are available within 2 days.The critical factors when performing MLPA analyses from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues are DNA integrity and purity; for this reason, a suitable DNA extraction method must be chosen.The MLPA protocol …
Oxygenation and Bioenergetic Status of Murine Fibrosarcomas
1992
The heterogeneity of cellular response to therapy is a major problem in non-surgical cancer therapy. This heterogeneity is influenced by both the genetic variability between different tumor cells and by epigenetic, physiological factors, such as the local metabolic milieu. A restriction of tumor microcirculation concomitant with regional hypoxia, nutrient depletion, accumulation of lactate, and an intensified tumor acidosis becomes evident during growth of many solid tumors1. These critical factors can greatly influence the efficiency of various non-surgical tumor therapies.