Coordination Capacity Research Articles

Origins of Sub-Saharan African Varieties of Capitalism and Implications for Development Policy

The Varieties of Capitalism approach is applied to Sub-Saharan African economies, and a proposition is made. It is argued that the state of underdevelopment and the legacy of colonial economic policy are characterized by several key structural and business-environmental conditions which makes market institutions to emerge as the predominant form of recourse (relative to private sector non-market institutions) for managing economic transactions and solving coordination problems, and which create extreme LME-type outcomes. However, the state of underdevelopment is also characterized by structural inadequacies which distort the forms and efficiency of these market institutions and thus limit aggregate efficiency. The size and coordinative capacity of private-sector non-market institutions is structurally limited to overcome these problems. The state thus emerges as a major compensating, facilitating and/or substituting actor in economic affairs. Yet, the possibility of government failure lurks to derail the success of such state compensation, thereby leading, in the worst cases, to more neo-patrimonial forms of capitalism.

What makes a champion for landscape-based storm water management in Addis Ababa?

The Literature on cities in the Global North places champions at the centre of transitions in the water sector. But what makes a champion in a city of the Global South like Addis Ababa where the capacity and level of coordination is low? In this article, a case study based on different action research activities including workshops, training, plan making as well as interviews, was conducted to identify the conditions that makes a champion and to highlight the challenges and opportunities for fostering champions of landscape-based storm water management (LSM). The study shows that potential executive champions are difficult to engage which is a problem in a hierarchical and centralized governance system, leaving little room for potential project level champions to manoeuvre. High turnover of staff both among executives and experts presents a barrier to the fostering of champions. Local-level champions are needed; however there are structural constraints that impede their emergence. The university as an intermediary can play a big role in fostering champions of LSM, but it can also burnout and thus other types of champions are needed.

Correlación entre capacidades coordinativas y potencia en nadadoras juveniles del club tiburones

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la correlación entre capacidades coordinativas y potencia en nadadoras del club Tiburones de la ciudad de Tunja (Colombia). Participaron 15 nadadoras de la categoría juvenil (14 y 15 años). Se evaluaron las capacidades coordinativas con el test motor complejo de Flaviano Lorenzo Caminero y la potencia mediante el test de Bosco, usando plataforma de contacto Axón Jump 4.0. El análisis estadístico se realizó con el programa SPSS versión 25, la prueba de normalidad se tomó con el Shapiro Wilk y el coeficiente de correlación con la prueba de Pearson, Se analizó la diferencia estadística considerando p<0.05, los resultados obtenidos entre la correlación de las capacidades coordinativas y la potencia en cada salto muestran que el CMJ r=-0,349, para el SJ r=-0,245 y el ABK r= -0,456 lo que nos indica que no existe correlación entre ellas, se resalta que de acuerdo a CMJ P=-0,202; para el SJ P=-0,379 y el despegue en ABK P=0,087 fue el más cercano a estar por debajo de 0,05 quiere decir, que es el salto que está más tiene relación con el TMC.

Ways of improving coordination capacities of athletes-dancers at the stage of preparation for the higher achievements with account for the type of selected specialization

The current stage in the development of sport dance requires from athletes continuous development and improvement of various aspects of fitness, mastering a certain amount of technical arsenal and highquality execution of complex coordination elements in the conditions of competitive activity. Since the stage of preparation for higher achievements is associated with the choice of in-depth specialization, it is during this period that improvement of the aspects of fitness that greatly contribute to the achievement of a high result is necessary. Objective. To study the problems of development and improvement of coordination abilities in sport dance. Methods. Analysis of scientific and methodological literature, questionnaires, pedagogical observation. Results. Improving coordination abilities of athletes specialized in sport dance with account for the differences between standard and Latin American programs is a prerequisite for fulfillment of the tasks of the preparation stage for higher achievements. It has been established that this can be achieved through the development of a specialized set of exercises to improve the components of coordination abilities, taking into account the specificity of complex coordination elements that are components of competitive programs. It has been found that the selection of exercises, which would greatly correspond to the specifics and structure of the movement of each dance of the programs and ensure the high requirements for their implementation, which brings forward each element, is of great importance. It has been shown that the educational and methodical problems of sports training and improvement of various aspects of fitness are not sufficiently studied and considered in available scientific literature. A significant obstacle, which does not allow to transfer a method of improving coordination abilities from other sports events, is the differences in working with a partner, the support, spatial orientation even between programs, and may lead to a deterioration of the basic compositional structure of fitness, necessary for sport dance.

Políticas de Juventude e capacidades estatais no Brasil

Este artigo analisa as capacidades do Estado brasileiro na gestão da Política de Juventude. Tendo como referência a literatura sobre capacidades estatais, foi empreendida pesquisa de natureza qualitativa com base na análise documental. Verificou-se que a combinação de fatores como institucionalização recente e frágil coordenação interinstitucional explicam as dificuldades de gestão e o fraco desempenho da Política Nacional de Juventude no período de 2003 a 2014. Por outro lado, a criação de processos participativos, tais como conselho e conferências nacionais, rompeu com a histórica invisibilização do público jovem, contribuindo para o reconhecimento e a inclusão da juventude nas esferas institucionais.

Design of an Optimal off-grid Hybrid Energy System for a Rural Community

This paper presents an optimized off-grid PV-diesel generator-battery hybrid energy system for application in an un-electrified rural community and further outlines a procedure for designing such an economical and technically feasible hybrid system. The hybrid optimization model for multiple energy resources (HOMER) software was utilized for simulation and analysis. The criteria of minimum net present cost of system, low CO 2 emissions and zero electric load rejection was applied while considering technical issues of PV array, inverter coordination and PV capacity penetration level. For the case study system used, the obtained optimized hybrid energy system configuration is as follows: 68kW PV plant; 40kW Diesel plant; 45.4kW Inverter; and 80kWh battery unit. The proposed hybrid energy system is capable of producing 157685kWh of electricity annually at a levelized cost of energy of 0.55 $/kWh while emitting 51,000 kg of CO 2 yearly. To avoid self-shading of the PV array, an appropriate inter-row distance was determined. The total quantity of PV modules and the electrical configuration of the PV array is presented. Keywords : Hybrid energy system, Net present cost, Optimal sizing and Photovoltaic

Analysis of Motor Coordination Alteration after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Research background and hypothesis. The Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most commonly injured ligament of the knee and its injuries result in significant functional impairment. Injury to the ACL is associated with altered knee joint loading and impaired neuromuscular control, which defined as the ability to produce well controlled movements and dynamic balance.Research aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate motor coordination and functional capacity of patients who received rehabilitation program following ACL reconstruction.Research methods. The study included 15 males aged 33.7 ± 2.49 years who had undergone unilateral ACL reconstruction with a semitendinosus/gracilis (STG) graft in Kaunas Clinical hospital. For objective functional testing, we used figure-of-eight movement coordination test. The Lysholm questionnaire was included as a disability outcome measure following ACL injury and reconstruction. The patients were assessed preoperatively and after 5 and 21weeks postoperatively.Research results. The results of this study indicated that motor coordination timescale showed significant differences (p < 0.05) between the injured and the healthy legs before surgery and after 5 and 21 weeks. The movement coordination test data showed that there the timescale significantly longer on the injured knee compared with the noninjured knee. After 21 weeks of rehabilitation we found significantly lower (p < 0.05) values in injured knees compared with the preoperative data. In injured knee the timescale after 21 weeks of rehabilitation was significantly (p < 0.05) longer compared with noninjured knee.The Lysholm questionnaire scale indicated that there was a significant difference in the results for values (p < 0.05) before surgery and after 21 weeks of rehabilitation. The questionnaire scale data showed that after 21 weeks of rehabilitation results for values was significantly (p < 0.05) highest compared with before surgery and after 5 weeks.Discussion and conclusions. There was improvement in the injured leg in mean motor coordination timescale 21 weeks after ACL reconstruction, but the timescale was higher than in the uninjured leg. After 21 weeks of ACL reconstruction knee functional status in most patients was good or excellent.Keywords: knee joint, the Lysholm questionnaire, movement coordination test.

Musicality as material culture

From an enactive perspective, one should be able to explain how perception and actions, constituted in patterns of interactions with the world, evolve into the capacities for social coordination and social understanding distinctive of human beings. Traditional accounts of our social understanding skills, focusing on the role of intentionality as the “aboutness” associated with the use of symbolic language, make this sort of explanation difficult to articulate. A satisfactory explanation should start with the recognition that intentionality is not a monolithic phenomenon and that more basic kinds of intentionality embodied in material culture have played a crucial role in allowing for the complexity of human social cognition. We argue for the importance of kinds of bottom-up intentionality, which arise from the world as it is experienced, dynamically structuring and directing our cognitive capacities toward possibilities of (joint) action. Musicality (our capacity for being musical) is a particularly rich kind of cultural expression, in which intentionality embodied in material culture can be studied and its significance for the structure of our deeply social cognition can be explored.

Coordination capacity development in cadets of specialized educational institutions at physical culture lessons

Coordination capacity development in cadets of specialized educational institutions at physical culture lessons

Dual Ionically Cross-linked Double-Network Hydrogels with High Strength, Toughness, Swelling Resistance, and Improved 3D Printing Processability.

We report a dual ionic cross-linking approach for the preparation of double-network hydrogels with robustness, high strength, and toughness, sodium alginate/poly(acrylamide- co-acrylic acid)/Fe3+ (SA/P(AAm- co-AAc)/Fe3+), in a facile "one-step" dual ionic cross-linking method. We take advantage of the abundant carboxyl groups on alginate molecules and the copolymer chains and their high coordination capacity with multivalent metal ions to obtain hydrogels with high strength and toughness. The optimal SA/P(AAm- co-AAc)/Fe3+ (SA 2 wt % and AAc 5 mol %) hydrogels showed a remarkable mechanical performance with 3.24 MPa tensile strength and 1228% strain, both of which remained stable with 76% water content and were highly swellingresistant in an aqueous environment. The hydrogels possessed high fatigue resistance, self-recovery, pH-triggered healingcapability, shape memory, and reversible gel-sol transition facilitated by pH regulation. Moreover, they show three-dimensional (3D) printing processability by properly adjusting the solution viscosity. The approach may provide a convenient way of obtaining hydrogels having high strength and toughness with a number of desirable properties for a broad range of biomedical applications.

Mechanism of Coordinate Anchorage Support of Bolt-Single Anchor Cable for Gob-Side Entry Roof

Although fully mechanized caving mining technology has been widely used in China for thick seam mining, the support mechanism for a gob-side entry roof remains unclear under this condition. Taking the No. 3304 mining face of Dongtan Coal Mine as the engineering background, this paper seeks to solve this problem. First, the coordinate support mechanism of a bolt-single anchor cable for a gob-side entry roof is analyzed from two aspects: the bearing capacity of single anchor cable and prestress coordination of a bolt-angle anchor cable. Then, the anchoring parameters are optimized combined with FLAC3D numerical simulation followed by field practice. Results of the field practice show that the coordinate support effect was fully utilized when applying bolt-single anchor cable support. The deformation of roadway surrounding rock was effectively controlled.

Social Hierarchy And Joint Search As Antecedents of Innovation Originality

This paper provides an empirical investigation of two understudied aspects of the innovation process: social hierarchy and joint search. In innovation teams, social hierarchy derives from member differences in access to valued resources such as knowledge, expertise, and social capital and the consequentially conferred status. Focusing on small teams with little collaborative experience, we propose that social hierarchy affects innovation originality via two latent mechanisms; psychological safety and coordination. Teams with flatter hierarchies display higher levels of psychological safety, yet lack coordination capacity and vice versa. As psychological safety drives creativity while coordination difficulties reduce a team’s effectiveness, we first propose a curvilinear relationship between social hierarchy and originality. We then turn our attention to joint search and its relation with team structure. Building on two simulation studies, we hypothesize about what teams with different social hierarchy are...

Aspects Regarding the Optimization of the Coordinative Capacity of Students in Non-Specialist Higher Education

The aim of this study is to improve the training process of the students in the Futsal representative team from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. The present paper aims to promote a complex of innovative methods and means by identifying the optimal operational structures in the development of the coordinative capacity and by the experimental validation of their effectiveness. The main research methods used were the following: the scientific documentation, the pedagogical observation, the verification experiment, the statistical and mathematical processing and interpretation and the graphic method. The experiment was conducted in UPB's gym on a sample of 20 students (divided into two groups: experimental and control) aged 19-21. The research was carried out between December 2016 and May 2017, during which we intervened in the experimental group training with a series of operational structures focused on the improvement of the coordinative capacity indices. The time allocated to the operational structures was of 25 minutes / training.As a result of the research carried out and the processing of the results obtained, we noticed significant progresses in the experimental group compared to the control group, which emphasizes the efficiency of the methodology used. The validation of the didactic strategy materialized in practice by applying the operational structures developed is a contribution to the efficiency of the instructive-educational process.

The neo-Weberian state and the neodevelopmentalist strategies in Latin America: the case of Uruguay

This article seeks to contribute to the development of the neo-Weberian theory of public administration by making it travel to the Latin American context. We argue that this model of public administration reform, identified in continental European states, tends to be present in some Latin American countries that have followed neodevelopmentalist models of economic development. The neo-Weberian political strategy promotes a public sector modernization that enhances its steering and coordination capacities which is functional to a neodevelopmental view that aims to rebuild the state’s central role in leading economic growth and social cohesiveness. Yet, the public management model that is implanted resembles an ‘imperfect’ neo-Weberianism due to the institutional deficiencies of these countries and the difficulties in providing a clear reform script. We provide this link by decoding the main outlines of the public management model in Uruguay in the context of the reforms implemented by the Frente Amplio.Points for practitionersThe article demonstrates two central points. First, that the processes of public sector reform are usually linked to other broader development strategies and to calculations of political feasibility. This can explain to some extent the options taken by politicians. Second, public sector reforms are often a combination of multiple administrative doctrines. This poses the risk of being unsystematic, incoherent or even contradictory.

Coordination capacity of cytosine, adenine and derivatives towards open-paddlewheel diruthenium compounds

[Ru2Cl2(DPhF)3] (DPhF = diphenylformamidinate) links preferentially to the junctions of RNA (ribonucleic acid) structures, although the bonding mode is not known. In order to clarify this question the reactions between [Ru2Cl2(DPhF)3] and cytosine (Hcyto), cytidine (Hcyti), cytidine 2′,3′-cyclic monophosphate sodium salt (NacCMP), adenine (Hade), adenosine (Haden) and adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (HcAMP) have been carried out. In the resultant complexes, cyto (cytosinate), cyti (cytidinate), cCMP (cytidine 2′,3′-cyclic monophosphate monoanion), ade (adeninate), aden (adenosinate) and cAMP (deprotonated adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate) are bonded to the diruthenium unit as N,N′-bridging ligands, as confirmed by the solution of the crystal structures of [RuCl(DPhF)3(cyto)] and [RuCl(DPhF)3(ade)] by X-ray diffraction. The axial positions of the diruthenium species are still available for additional interactions with other residues that could explain its preference towards RNA junctions.

Motor coordination and body mass index of pupils of six colombian schools

Un déficit madurativo de la coordinación, respecto a los niveles correspondientes con la edad cronológica, puede conllevar, en el niño, una serie de trastornos en el desarrollo de las capacidades coordinativas, cuando ejecuta actividades motrices . El objetivo del presente estudio fue correlacionar la coordinación motriz con el Índice de Masa corporal (IMC), en escolares entre 10 a 12 años, de seis ciudades de Colom- bia . Fue un estudio descriptivo, con fase correlacional, donde participaron 2 .651 niños . La medición de la coordinación motriz fue realizada con el test KTK (Körperkoordinations Test für Kinder), previo diligenciamiento del asentimiento y del consentimiento informado . Los resultados muestran que la relación de participantes entre hombre y mujer fue de 1:1, la media de la edad fue de 10,9 + 0,81 años . Además, se encontró que existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre la coordinación motriz, el IMC y las diferentes variables de estudio y correlaciones significativas e inversas, entre la coordinación motriz y el IMC, en todos los grupos de las variables estudiadas .

Development of Coordination Capacities Through Dancing among Primary School Children

”Physical Education” is the subject that influences, during school, the harmonious physical development of children, endowing them with abilities, attitudes and knowledge that stimulate their social and creative approach with the social environment and allow them to continue their education (Cârstea, 1993;Cârstea, Tudor, Bota, Sasu, 1995).Dancing can be a set of pleasant and attractive means to make children develop harmoniously from the physical point of view, stimulating imagination, creativity and the need to express one's personality (Vișan, 1997; Nastase, 2011).Thus, any approach focused on the harmonious physical development of children, and particularly on the development of motor skills and qualities and especially on optimizing the coordination capacity is up-to-date and there is increased interest in this topic from the experts in the field.In order to achieve the proposed goals we used the following as research methods: the study of bibliographical specialty materials, the pedagogical observation, the test method, the experimental method, the statistical and mathematical methods and tabular and graphical representation.For the investigated group we selected and used dancing drills specific to the physical education classes of children from 3rd grade (9-10 years of age).The results obtained through the application of dancing drills meant to develop coordination capacities (the capacity to combine movements, the capacity to keep balance, spatial-temporal orientation capacity and the rhythmicity) of primary school children indicate that these skills can be successfully developed at the age of 9-10.After having used the selected acting systems, the final testing has demonstrated positive results in terms of the development of coordination capacity, the main conclusion being that dancing can meet the modern teaching requirements concerning the physical education of pupils, taking into account the particularities of the age and the level of their training.

Federalism and health policy in Brazil: institutional features and regional inequalities.

This article analyses the main characteristics of federalism in Brazil and its institutional relations with health policy. It discusses federalism from a classical perspective highlighting the essentially centralized nature of Brazil's system and the prevalence of decentralizing health policies underpinned by the principles enshrined by the 1988 Constitution.We used primary data obtained from an electronic questionnaire responded by secretaries of health sitting on the governing bodies of the country's health region and secondary data Ministry of Health databases covering the current health regions. The findings show that significant progress has been made in the implementation of regional governing bodies, yet without any significant impact on the reduction of deep regional inequalities in primary and hospital care. It concludes by suggesting that the persistence of inequalities is down to weak central coordination capacity and an inappropriate trade-off between a centralized federal system and competition between entities, thus undermining cooperative regionalization of the public health system as envisaged by the 1988 Constitution.

Synthesis and Reactivity of Copper(I) Complexes Based on C3‐Symmetric Tripodal HTIM(PR2)3 Ligands

We present the first example of non‐classical hydrogen bonding in CuI complexes. To this end, we have studied the coordination capacity of the tripodal phosphine ligands HTIM(PR2)3 {tris[1‐(di‐R‐phosphanyl)‐3‐methyl‐1H‐indol‐2‐yl]methane, R = Ph, iPr} towards copper, leading to a series of eight CuI complexes [{HTIM(PR2)3}CuX] [R = Ph (1–4), iPr (5–8); X = Cl–, I–, OTf–, BF4–]. An anagostic interaction in the CuI complexes has been proposed based on the results of 1H NMR, ultrahigh‐resolution X‐ray diffraction, and theoretical [atoms‐in‐molecules (AIM) and natural bonding orbital (NBO)] analyses of the electron density. Among the different synthesized complexes, [{HTIM(PPh2)3}CuOTf] (2) shows the strongest Cu···H–C interaction with a linear geometry (179.98°) and the shortest distance described so far [d(Cu–H) = 1.9 Å] in its toluene solvated form. Both parameters are characteristic of 3c–4e– interactions. In addition, we have found that these tripodal ligands exhibit unprecedented selectivity towards CuI ions. The synthesized HTIM(PR2)3CuI complexes have been found to be catalytically active and selective for the hydroboration of CO2 to formic acid.

Coordination of health care with the community in the clinical management of tuberculosis.

determine the coordination of Primary Health Care with community resources in the clinical management of tuberculosis. descriptive study, of quantitative approach, with participation of one hundred health professionals. Part of a questionnaire was used in evaluating local institutional capacity for the model of chronic conditions care, adapted for tuberculosis care. the coordination between health units, individuals with tuberculosis, and community organizations; the partnerships between institutions and local health councils/committees showed limited capacity. On the other hand, the component for the participation of the Community Health Agent presented more favorable capacity. the municipality has unfavorable capacity for coordination of health units and the community. It is reinforced the need to promote these coordinations in search of symptomatic cases in the communities, in the directly observed treatment, and in promoting the association between different social actors.