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The organization of the defense support system: an economic geography perspective
2017
In the context of restricted budgetary resources and the growing cost of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities, a major issue for modern armed forces is to sustain defense platforms. A possible method consists of realizing economies of scale through the concentration of maintenance activities, which involves the spatial reorganization of existing industrial sites dedicated to MRO. This article provides a formalized framework to discuss the optimal organization for the MRO of defense platforms in space. The public planner organizes the maintenance of defense platforms with only two possible spatial configurations. In the dispersed configuration, two industrial production units i…
Making water smart
2020
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Serious Game Design for Flooding Triggered by Extreme Weather
2017
Managing crises with limited resources through a serious game is deemed as one of the ways of training and can be regarded as an alternative to a table-top exercise. This article presents the so-called “Operasjon Tyrsdal” serious game, inspired by a real case of extreme weather that hit the west coast of Norway. This reference case is used to add realism to the game. The game is designed for a single player, while the mechanics are framed in such a way that the player will have limited resources, and elevated event pressure over time. Beside applying an iterative Scrum method with seven Sprint cycles, we combined the development work with desk research and used the involvement of testers, i…
Building Resilience Through Effective Disaster Management
2017
Existing literature argues that taking a holistic approach to disaster management is important for organizations in building resilience. Theoretical underpinnings to achieve a holistic understanding, however, is lacking. This article applies the notion of an ecosystem as a holistic lens to understand complex disaster management. The paper reports two case studies from Japan and Nepal to illustrate how an ecosystem works during a disaster. The theoretical framework of information ecology is used in analyzing the cases. Based on the findings, the study shows three interconnected mechanisms that can build resilience of an ecosystem in a disaster management context, namely (1) coevolution, (2) …
Characterization of the porous structure of Chilean volcanic soils by nitrogen adsorption and mercury porosimetry
2004
Pore volume, specific surface area (SSA), and total intragranular porosity (TIP) of Chilean soils derived from volcanic materials were studied. Soil samples involving the 0-15 and 15-30 cm depth of virgin and cultivated Collipulli (Ultisol) and Diguillin (Andisol) soils at two particle size fractions (<1 mm and <2 µm) were considered. From mercury porosimetry and N2 adsorption, mainly mesopores (pore diameter, dpore, about 10 nm) were determined for <1 mm Collipulli samples. Diguillin <1 mm soil shows macroporosity with dpore from 70 nm to 7000 nm. The clay fraction of Collipulli has macropores (dpore from 2000 nm to 40000 nm) and mesopores (dpore from 3 nm to 23 nm), while for Diguillin cl…
Automatic Integration of Spatial Data into the Semantic Web
2017
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Vécu des situations à risque d’erreur en réanimation : une étude qualitative auprès des médecins et infirmiers
2018
Resume Si de nombreux facteurs de risque d’erreur ont ete identifies en reanimation, tres peu d’etudes se sont interessees au vecu du risque d’erreur chez les professionnels. Pourtant, l’approche psychologique du risque montre l’importance de la dimension subjective pour comprendre la maniere dont le sujet apprehende le risque. Sur les 40 professionnels de reanimation, 75 % des professionnels vivent le risque d’erreur comme omnipresent. L’etude met en evidence l’existence d’un vecu differencie du risque d’erreur en fonction du niveau d’experience, de l’encadrement et de cooperation. Ces dimensions participent a la creation d’une culture collective permettant de vivre le risque comme control…
Quand l’anorexie n’est plus seulement féminine
2009
Resume L’anorexie se definit avant tout par un rapport pathologique a la nourriture, tant d’un point de vue qualitatif que quantitatif. De facon similaire a celle de la jeune femme, l’anorexie chez l’homme n’est pas un etat uniforme. Peu etudiee, en raison de la rarete des cas observes, l’anorexie masculine represente approximativement dix pour cent des cas, tous âges confondus. Un tel diagnostic n’est, par ailleurs, pas toujours pose – de prime abord – chez l’homme. Par l’intermediaire de notre etude et sur la base d’un cas clinique, nous avons explore diverses dimensions : attachement, defenses et coping (faire face au stress). Notre objectif etait de comprendre l’intrication de chacune d…
La performance hospitalière : à la recherche d'un modèle multidimensionnel cohérent
2009
Cet article a pour ambition de proposer un modele multidimensionnel coherent de la performance hospitaliere. En effet, le secteur hospitalier doit repondre a une performance globale et multidimensionnelle (qualite et securite des soins, utilisation optimale des ressources, productivite, satisfaction du patient, etc.). En France, aucun modele integrant les differentes dimensions de la performance hospitaliere n’a pour l’instant ete instaure alors que l’hopital public est au centre d’enjeux essentiels pour son avenir. Pour construire ce modele, nous nous appuierons d’une part sur une comparaison des systemes hospitaliers de trois pays anglo-saxons et d’autre part, sur une revue des cadres con…
Continuité et perturbation des liens d’attachement dans les familles en situation de handicap chez l’enfant
2012
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