Committee System Research Articles

Perspectives of cancer consumer representatives on their involvement in healthcare service improvement: a qualitative study

BackgroundConsumer involvement in healthcare service organisation and policy development is recognised globally as a vital strategy in improving the quality and patient-centredness of care. There are significant gaps in knowledge about consumer involvement in practice, including consumers’ engagement in the process of enhancing cancer services. This study aimed to explore consumers’ perspectives on their involvement in cancer service improvement.MethodsCancer consumer representatives were recruited through Victorian Integrated Cancer Services, Australia. Eligible consumers were, or had been, a member of a health service improvement-related committee or project and attended at least one meeting with health professionals. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted online and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.ResultsSix experienced consumer representatives were interviewed. Perspectives on their involvement in improving cancer services were categorised into three major topics. The first addressed personal aspects of involvement, in which participants described personal motivations (e.g., having lived experience of cancer themselves or in their family), challenges encountered in committee involvement, experiences of received support in their role as a consumer representative, concerns about narrow representation, and their evolving identity as a consumer representative. The second discussed practical contributions made by consumer representatives to improve systems and services. Participants detailed their active engagement with committees and consumer-led projects, contributing both their cancer experiences and general or professional skills. The third topic focused on directions for improving consumer involvement in the health system. Suggestions highlighted widening consumer representation to include often marginalised voices to inform decision-making at local committee and health system levels.ConclusionsThis study enhances the real-world understanding of the role that consumer representatives play in improving cancer health services. The strategies suggested in our research provide the opportunity to enhance consumer involvement and pave the way for more effective cancer service planning and implementation across diverse healthcare settings.

Relationship between leadership style and committee effectiveness in secondary schools

This study explores how leadership styles, particularly the principal’s approach, influence organisational effectiveness in secondary schools, arguing that structured and supportive leadership fosters committee effectiveness, while laissez-faire or free-reign leadership may undermine collaboration, motivation, and decision-making, ultimately impacting school performance. A quantitative descriptive research design approach was employed. The study used a multistage sampling technique to select 313 participants from secondary schools in Zamfara State, Nigeria. The data collected was analysed using percentage and linear multiple regression analysis to test the hypotheses formulated at a 0.05 significance level. It was found that leadership styles (participatory and free-reign) had a significant negative relationship with the committee system effectiveness, while directive leadership style and committee system effectiveness did not have a significant relationship. Policymakers and educational authorities should address the resource constraints that limit the availability of welfare and feeding committees. School leaders should also adopt balanced management styles that incorporate clear directives and controls while allowing some level of participation and flexibility to foster a positive and effective committee system.

Impact of Socio Economic, Demographic and Psychological Factors on Risk Taking Behavior: A Case Study of Punjab

Recent studies have suggested that socioeconomic, psychological and demographic factors play an important role for risk taking behavior. These suggestions raise the question that whether all of these variables have positive or negative impact on risk taking behavior. So, this study aims to estimate the impact of these factors on risk taking behavior. Primary data is collected from 642 households of three cities in Punjab as these three cities are representative of Punjab, Pakistan. During economic decision-making, risk-taking behavior is affected by many variables. The results show that variables like Age, head of family, education level, committee system, trust and optimism have significant negative effect on risk taking behavior of households. While influence of others, financial literacy, and impulsivity, location, and stress have significant positive impact on risk taking behavior. Other variables such as gender, marital status, family system, and do not have significant effects on risk taking behavior. The results of this study may help in devising economic and social policies for the improvement of economic decision making. This study would pave ways for the policy makers as how to create strategies to grow economies by thinking and taking microeconomic factors into account like risk taking behavior.

The Impact of the Peculiarities of EVA Characterization on Its Commercialization

At present, the issue of Japanese anime pop culture has received widespread attention from all walks of life. However, there are still insufficient studies on the relationship between character creation and commercialization. This paper analyzes the particularity of character building in Neon Genesis Evangelion and the influence and connection of character building on the commercialization of EVA. It is concluded that the characterization of EVA has the particularity of the times. It contains a lot of negative shaping and human nature analysis, and this characteristic has gained the audience's sense of recognition and empathy, thus promoting the development of commercialization. The commercialization of EVA is inseparable from the Japanese production committee system, and at the same time, character building is the fundamental reason that affects whether fans buy or not, character appearance is an important reason that affects the desire to buy. Based on this, this paper puts forward the following suggestions: Start with marketing and innovation to retain old audiences and attract new ones. Seize the hot spots of the times and maintain multi-sector cooperation.

School Based Management Committee System, Principal Leadership Style, Effective Communication System and Public Secondary Schools Students’ Academic Achievement in Oyo State

School Based Management Committee System, Principal Leadership Style, Effective Communication System and Public Secondary Schools Students’ Academic Achievement in Oyo State

Managerial Factors, School Security as Correlates of Academic Staff Job Effectiveness in Colleges of Education in Niger State, Nigeria

The study examined the managerial factors, school security and academic staff job effectiveness in Colleges of Education in Niger state, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive research design of the correlational type. The population of the study comprised 926 academic staff in public Colleges of education in Niger state as at year 2024 of carrying out this study. The sample for the study was 615 academic staff selected from 2 Colleges of Education in Niger state, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedures, involving simple random sampling technique and proportionate random sampling technique were used to select the sample for this study. Two sets of instruments tagged “Managerial Factors School Security Questionnaire (MFSSQ) and Academic Staff job Effectiveness Questionnaire (ASJEQ) were used for the study. The instruments were validated by experts in the field of test and measurement as well as Educational Management that ensured the face and content validity of the instruments. The reliability coefficients of 0.78 were obtained for the MFSSQ and 0.85 for the ASJEQ. The data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. All the hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the level of academic staff job effectiveness was high in Colleges of Education in Niger state Nigeria. The study equally revealed that the commonly used managerial factors in the Colleges of Education in Niger state were delegation of duties, committee system and decision-making. There was significant relationship between managerial factors, school security and academic staff job effectiveness in Colleges of Education in Niger state, Nigeria. Also, it was revealed that managerial factors made significance contribution to academic staff job effectiveness in Colleges of Education in Niger state, Nigeria. Based on these findings, the study recommends that the College authorities (Deans and HODs) should sustain the current high level of academic staff job effectiveness through the use of appropriate managerial factors. College authorities should always ensure that college environment that is secured for both lecturers and students for teaching, learning and research activities to take place among others.

Climate governance and carbon emission disclosure

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to shed light on the influence of climate governance on carbon emission disclosure.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on S&P BSE 500 Indian firms over six years, i.e. from 2016–2017 to 2021–2022. The panel regression has been used to determine the association between climate governance and carbon emission disclosure.FindingsThe results of this study suggest that climate governance exerts a significant influence on corporate carbon emission disclosure. Moreover, results corroborate that climate governance elements such as the environment committee, carbon strategy and environment management system are critical contributors to carbon emission disclosure.Practical implicationsThis study adds to the emerging literature on climate change, carbon emission disclosure, corporate governance and climate governance.Social implicationsThis work provides valuable insights to corporate managers and policymakers as the study concludes that climate governance enhances firms’ carbon emission disclosure.Originality/valueEarlier literature has examined the influence of corporate governance on carbon emission disclosure. However, this study extends to the corporate governance literature by providing novel insights into how integrating climate governance elements into corporate governance can influence carbon emission disclosure. Moreover, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to explore the association between climate governance and carbon emission disclosure in the Indian context.

대학의 고등교육법 위반사항에 대한 의미연결망 분석

The purpose of this study is to analyze violations of the Higher Education Act by universities, as identified through the internal audits conducted by the Ministry of Education, using semantic network analysis methods. The data analyzed were disclosures related to violations of the Higher Education Act from 2017 to 2022, based on the audit disposition date. Universities with specialized purposes were excluded from the analysis. Keyword frequency analysis and cluster analysis were conducted. Based on the findings of the study, the main results are summarized as follows. Firstly, the keyword frequency analysis encompassing both national and private universities revealed that research, education, corporate, student, hiring, and allowances were the most frequently occurring keywords across the board. Secondly, when analyzed by type of establishment, a key difference between national and private universities was identified: national universities had a higher frequency of student-related keywords compared to private universities, where keywords related to accounting and financial violations were more frequent. Thirdly, the cluster analysis results showed that the violation types were divided into four groups in the overall analysis, categorized as 'Organizational Personnel and Compensation System & Academic System Management,' 'Contract and Accounting Management,' 'Research Management,' and 'Committee and Scholarship System.' Fourthly, when analyzed by type of establishment, national universities were distinctly divided into four groups: research, personnel, academic, and accounting, whereas private universities were categorized into three groups due to research and contract and accounting management being combined into the same group. Based on these findings, recommendations for future research were proposed.

Establishment of an undergraduate examination committee system, working under the Excel 2013 and Visual Basic environment

We will employ the capabilities of the Excel program and our simple experience in the work of the examination committee over the past years to prepare the examination committee system for undergraduate and programming it to serve the interest of the work of the examination committee in our college in particular and in our university in general. The system prepares for the undergraduate exams committee, and users of the system enter information about the student’s performance in the exams with all its details. There are several buttons in the system to implement different commands according to the exam committee’s needs. The outputs of the system will be all the information requested by the committee, which reduces time and effort and is of high accuracy.

THE DETERMINANTS OF EFFECTIVE IT GOVERNANCE, CASE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN INDONESIA

This considers points to explore the impacts of an IT steering committee (ITS), involvement of senior management in IT (ISM), and an organizational performance measurement system (OPM) on efficient IT governance (ITG) within the framework of Indonesian higher instruction teach. This study used an online survey with self-administered, quantitatively based questionnaires as its methodology. 123 responders were given the tool, which was made using a Google Form and was intended for those who work in university IT governance. The findings indicate that a successful IT governance framework in HEI is significantly influenced by the IT steering committee and organizational performance measurement system. Nonetheless, senior management's involvement in IT had no effect on efficient IT governance. The study's findings can assist HEI management in determining the variables that affect the implementation of IT governance in an efficient manner.

Management strategies for effective administration of higher education in Nigeria in the 21st century

Management strategies are tactics usually employed by administrators in order to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the organization. Just as each organization is unique in its own way, every administrator needs to understand his or her organization in order to determine which strategies to adopt. This paper, therefore, focuses on management strategies for effective administration of higher education in Nigeria in the 21st century. First of all, the meaning of higher education and its goals were examined. This work also discussed in detail key management strategies that higher education administrators can make do with so as to have effective management of higher education. Those strategies basically discussed herein were: strategic planning, committee system, effective communication, constant supervision, application of emotional and social intelligence, organizing, application of information and communication technology, staff training and retraining, staff induction, adequate funding, evaluation, and injection of motivation. The paper concluded that in order to ensure that the goals of higher education are effectively realized, there must be proper administration of this level of education. And for proper administration of higher education, it is necessary for the administrators to have good knowledge of management strategies and apply them sagaciously.

International Knee Documentation Committee Radiographic Knee Joint Grading More Reliable Than Kellgren-Lawrence Grading and Other Grading Systems

Kellgren-Lawrence grading appears to have become the de facto standard for reporting radiographic degeneration of knees, yet the much later–introduced and knee-specific International Knee Documentation Committee system has repeatedly been shown to have higher reliability. Although International Knee Documentation Committee radiographic grading does have limitations—especially in cases of severe gonarthrosis—it appears to be the most reliable current system suitable for the purposes of arthroscopic knee surgeons, and it was designed to encompass all 3 knee compartments. Posterior-anterior weight-bearing radiographs taken at approximately 45° of knee flexion have repeatedly been shown to be more sensitive for revealing tibiofemoral degeneration than standard anterior-posterior weight-bearing views at or near full extension.

Enhancing computational scalability in Blockchain by leveraging improvement in consensus algorithm

Accommodating an increasing number of users in the Blockchain network has moved to the forefront of discussion. It is also evident that without jeopardizing the data security in Blockchain, it is of indispensable need to devise an appropriate method for improving the scalability trait of Blockchain. In this article, we have proposed a consensus method that is having the potential to improve the scalability of the Private Blockchain. The system, at first, mitigates latency arising from kernel schedulers, ensuring that the application consistently has access to an available core for transaction processing. Secondly, the committee system alleviates the network's workload, preventing spurious transactions from monopolizing network resources and impeding its efficiency. Extensive experimentation is made by considering various scenarios of transaction with CPU isolation and application sticking to core 2 with varied priority. Based on the number of transactions performed per second, the proposed system is compared with different existing consensus mechanisms working in various types of Blockchains. Also, a detailed discussion is presented on the critical analysis of the adopted research mechanism. Overall, the proposed systems outperforms to other systems in various parameters of blockchain network scalability.

Parliamentary oversight: Oireachtas committees and the Dáil Committee on Public Accounts in the twenty-first century

Abstract Strong parliaments hold the government, its departments and the wider public administration to account. Such parliaments are built on strong and active committee systems. For a long time, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was the only oversight committee consistently in place in the Houses of the Oireachtas. This article explains how the committee system has been gradually expanded and strengthened, and how its remit to oversee the actions of the government is wide. It explains the institutional factors that lead to the continued prominence of the PAC, including how it draws on the expert, independent reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct its oversight work, while noting that the PAC still faces the same challenges as other committees concerning a wide remit, finite resources and the multiple motivations of its membership. The work of the PAC is described and placed in the context of the financial scrutiny cycle which is being developed in the Houses of the Oireachtas. This is followed by a discussion of how the PAC manages its potentially wide remit to conduct ex post financial scrutiny of public expenditure, and the balance between what is referred to as ‘police-patrol’, rather than ‘fire-alarm’, scrutiny and the procedural changes which are designed to ensure that the PAC (with the authority of the Dáil) can examine and hold actors to account for the expenditure of any public money.

Advocacy strategies in state preemption: The case of energy fuel bans

AbstractInterest group literature suggests reformer advocacy groups, seeking policy change and innovation, are more likely to secure policy victory in local government. Entrenched advocacy groups, favoring current policies, are better suited to win policy battles at the state level. Consequently, entrenched groups have pushed state legislatures to limit local governments' decision authorities through preemption across a wide range of public‐interest issues including tobacco use, gun control, marriage rights, and climate change. Yet few studies have considered how competing advocacy groups strategically frame their agenda in preemption debates. We draw on the “scope of conflict” literature to show that opposing camps vary in their issue definition, relational strategies, and institutional frames. For example, while entrenched advocates focus on the main issue under debate, reformer advocates link multiple issues together. Our study case is preemption legislation that prohibits local governments from banning energy fuels like natural gas in new buildings. We use computational text analysis and descriptive inference to analyze state committee testimony of 117 advocacy groups. Results raise important questions about the effectiveness of conflict expansion strategies in venues like committee systems and provide considerations for reformer advocates in their efforts to secure state support and build clean energy campaigns.

A novel red phosphor Sr3In2WO9: Eu3+ for WLEDs

A series of Sr3In2WO9: xEu3+ red phosphors were prepared using a solid-state reaction. The strongest excitation peak of Sr3In2WO9: xEu3+ appeared at 394 nm, and the strongest emission peak appeared at 612 nm. The concentration-dependent emission spectra show that the optimal doping concentration of Eu3+ ions is x = 0.30 for all Sr3In2WO9: xEu3+ samples and Eu3+ occupies the non-inverted centrosymmetric site. Analysis of the causes of concentration quenching, the dipole-quadrupole interaction in Sr3In2WO9: xEu3+ was determined to be the main cause. The thermal stability of the Sr3In2WO9: 0.30Eu3+ sample was analyzed, and it was found that the luminescence intensity of the Sr3In2WO9: 0.30Eu3+ was retained by 55.1 % at 423 K. The thermal quenching activation energy ΔE = 0.291 eV was calculated after the thermal quenching analysis. The calculated CIE chromaticity coordinate of Sr3In2WO9: 0.30Eu3+ is (0.6450, 0.3544), which are very close to the standard red light (0.667, 0.333) given by the National Television Standards Committee system. The color purity of all samples is above 95 %, and the associated color temperature is below 2400 K. The chromaticity coordinates of the encapsulated WLED point of (0.329, 0.388) with a lower correlation color temperature of 5841 K and excellent color rendering index of 88, which indicated the near-UV excited SIWO: Eu3+ red phosphor has great potential for application in the field of WLEDs devices.

Reform of Independent Directors and Audit Committee System in Taiwan: From Recent Events of Contests for Corporate Control

Reform of Independent Directors and Audit Committee System in Taiwan: From Recent Events of Contests for Corporate Control

Wrisberg variant of the lateral discoid meniscus in children: review of the literature and presentation of case series.

The Wrisberg variant of the discoid lateral meniscus is a very rare disorder and is characterized by the hypermobility and instability of the meniscus caused by the absence of its posterior tibial attachment, with only its meniscofemoral junction (Wrisberg's ligament) maintained, and inserted in the posterior horn of the meniscus. As a result, the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus is mobile; often subluxing into the joint. A total of eight skeletally immature patients with symptomatic Wrisberg variant of the discoid lateral meniscus were included in this study. Each knee was evaluated with MRI and arthroscopy. We graded unstable discoid menisci according to their discoid morphology (complete vs. incomplete), meniscal intra-substance degeneration, and the presence or absence of meniscal tears. All eight menisci were evaluated as degenerated with no meniscal tears. Five of them were evaluated as complete. Due to the severely degenerated meniscus, we considered it unnecessary to repair the detached posterior tibial ligament, so we performed a reshaping of the discoid meniscus, restoring a C-shape, excising the hypertrophied central part of the meniscus, and creating a posterior horn with a remaining rim of 6-8mm. For evaluation of the knee function preoperatively and postoperatively we used the online International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) system. The purpose of this study is to emphasize the importance of MRI in identifying and revealing the unstable (Wrisberg variant) type of discoid meniscus in children. The mean patient age at the time of surgery was 8.25 ± 2.91 years (range 5-13 years). The average follow-up was 3.75 ± 0.46 years (range 3-4) years. The mean preoperative IKDC score was 22.37 ± 1.50 (range 21-25) points. The mean postoperative IKDC score was 80.50 ± 1.77 (range 79-84) points. MRI is a valuable tool in the evaluation of the shape, stability, and consistency of symptomatic discoid menisci. It is helpful for the detection of the unstable Wrisberg variant.

Parliamentary Committees and Ex-post Oversight: Institutional Options and Design

Abstract Parliamentary oversight of executive power is a parliamentary system concern, considering weaker ex-post institutional oversight mechanisms and actor incentive challenges. Yet, institutional options are precondition for making parliamentary ex-post oversight work and this article investigates which type of options in fact exists within the vital committee system and how they are designed. The expectation is that ex-post oversight options depend on distributional power structures, being stronger for systems with traditions for minority compared to majority governments. For the design, the expectation is an institutional ‘efficient’ outcome in terms of ex-post oversight options being placed in a controlled central oversight committee, and that this applies regardless of government traditions. Empirically, focus is on the five most similar Nordic state parliamentary cases that vary in committee settings and in government traditions. For the investigation focus is on specific ex-post oversight options, the design of these options and overall de-facto use. The findings show a clear difference between the Scandinavian minority cases and the Icelandic and Finnish majority cases. For the design, most cases have ex-post oversight options designed for specific oversight committees, but where the Danish Folketing deviates by providing several options in different committees.

The opinions of postgraduate nursing students about evidence-based practice: A qualitative study

Objective: This study was conducted for the purpose of exploring the opinions and experiences of postgraduate nursing students regarding evidence-based practice and its use in the clinical setting in Turkey.
 Methods: A qualitative study design was employed. Data in this research study were collected through Semi-structured questions were asked face-to-face in focus group discussions.
 Results: The findings of the study set forth the individual and organizational barriers that faced postgraduate nursing students in their efforts
 to implement evidence-based practices. The main themes of the study were highlighted as: perceptions regarding evidence-based practice, the impact on the group cared for, challenges faced in the implementation, institutional support in applying practices. Subthemes were data verification, useful and reliable application, difficulties in communicating with colleagues, traditional views, troubles with team collaboration, the indifference of young colleagues, insufficient resources, and the need for a mentor in the workplace.
 Conclusion: The students in their undergraduate programs, and elective courses on EBP should be added to the curriculum. In order to eliminate organizational barriers, institutions should establish EBP committee and mentoring system.