Search results for "SPAN"

From vernacular accounting to standardized PMS : Logic multiplicity in a cooperative bank

2023

In this chapter we analyze how local member banks shifted from local, vernacular, accounting, and performance measurement systems to centralized and standardized performance measurement systems in a cooperative bank organization. The member banks reduced the use of vernacular accounting systems (VAS) to achieve greater cost-efficiency and to meet regulation requirements, but they still maintained their strong local logics beside the cooperative unity logic, with only minimal or moderate conflict. We suggest that the power of individual actors, i.e., CEOs, affected the balance of these logics, and the way performance measurement (PM) targets were chosen at the local level from the standardiz…

Dos conceptos de Estado en el debate constitucional español de 1931

2019

Assetto territoriale e sfide della pandemia. Considerazioni sull’esperienza spagnola e tedesca

2021

Il contagio da SARS-CoV-2 ha generato una crisi sanitaria globale senza precedenti. Ciò ha riportato al centro delle riflessioni giuridiche l’antica questione della gestione dell’emergenza nello Stato di diritto, riproponendo quesiti irrisolti e nuove sfide per la tenuta dei regimi democratici contemporanei. Sotto questo profilo, il sistema federale tedesco ma anche la dimensione autonomica spagnola offrono due interessanti casi di studio sulla gestione dell’emergenza dal punto di vista dell’assetto territoriale. The SARS-CoV-2 has generated an unprecedented global health crisis. This has brought the age-old question of emergency management in the rule of law back to the centre of legal re…

Initial-Stage Suicide Bereavement Experiences: A Case Study.

2022

This study aimed to shed light on the initial-stage bereavement experiences of an individual bereaved by suicide, at three months from the loss of his spouse to suicide. A semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted with the individual, a man in his thirties. The data were analyzed using qualitative assimilation analysis, based on the Assimilation Model and the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Scale (APES). The APES ratings of the interview revealed that the individual’s bereavement was associated with the earlier stages of APES (all scoring under 3.5). In addition, the swift and frequent fluctuations in the APES ratings gave indications that the bereavement was unstable and co…

A new approach for estimating a nonlinear growth component in multilevel modeling

2011

This study presents a new approach to estimation of a nonlinear growth curve component with fixed and random effects in multilevel modeling. This approach can be used to estimate change in longitudinal data, such as day-of-the-week fluctuation. The motivation of the new approach is to avoid spurious estimates in a random coefficient regression model due to the synchronized periodical effect (e.g., day-of-the-week fluctuation) appearing both in independent and dependent variables. First, the new approach is introduced. Second, a Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out to examine the functioning of the proposed new approach in the case of small sample sizes. Third, the use of the approac…

Depressive symptoms during adolescence: Do learning difficulties matter?

2011

To examine whether learning difficulties play a role in depressive symptoms, 658 Finnish adolescents were asked to complete scales for depression three times during the transition to post-comprehensive education. They also reported on their learning difficulties and feelings of inadequacy as a student. The results showed that learning difficulties prospectively predicted depressive symptoms. Moreover, the impact of learning difficulties was mediated via inadequacy as a student: learning difficulties predicted feelings of inadequacy as a student which, in turn, contributed to greater increases in depressive symptoms. Finally, gender moderated the association between learning difficulties an…

Examining Bridge Employment From a Self-employment Perspective : Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study

2017

Teachers’ Identity Tensions and Related Coping Strategies : Interaction With the Career Stages and Socio-Political Context

2022

When external requirements conflict with teachers’ personal beliefs and values, the resulting internal struggles can lead to identity tensions. Contributing to discussion on teachers’ identity development in a challenging context, this study investigated teacher identity tensions and related coping strategies in Hong Kong. We conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with qualified teachers and then performed a deductive thematic analysis of the data. We categorised the identity tensions as positioned on the micro or macro level, and distinguished the coping strategies as emotion-focused or problem-focused behaviours. The identity tensions and related coping strategies seemed to be associated…

La comercialización de los tejidos de seda valencianos con América y sus dinámicas: una aproximación a través de la correspondencia de la Compañía de…

2022

Ribes Sáez, Francisco: La comercialización de los tejidos de seda valencianos con América y sus dinámicas: una aproximación a través de la correspondencia de la Compañía de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (1775-1786). . En: Estudis: Revista de historia moderna, 48 2022: 277-298

Child socioemotional behavior and adult temperament as predictors of physical activity and sedentary behavior in late adulthood

2023

Background Most studies investigating the association of temperament with physical activity and sedentary behavior have examined children or adolescents, employed cross-sectional or longitudinal designs that do not extend from childhood into adulthood, and utilized self- or parent-reported data on physical activity and sedentary behavior. This longitudinal study investigated whether socioemotional behavior in childhood and temperament in middle adulthood predict accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in late adulthood. Methods This study was based on the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS). Socioemotional behavior (behavioral ac…