Coordination Styles Research Articles

The influence of different conflict management styles on depressive symptoms in employees: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion.

Although some studies have found that conflict management styles impact employees' levels of depression, the expressions of employees' depressive symptoms under various conflict management styles and the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In this study, a total of 1,312 employees were gathered through an online survey to examine their current depressive status. Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, the mediating role of emotional exhaustion in the association between conflict management style and employee depression was further explored. The findings revealed that the prevalence of moderate to severe depression among the workers was 13.9%. Employees with different conflict management styles displayed distinct depression scores. The high coordination style group exhibited a significantly lower depression score compared to the high concession style group. Emotional exhaustion played a mediating role in the impact of both the coordination style and the concession style on employees' depression. It can be seen that the mental health needs of the workplace are imminent. The intervention measures to improve the mental health of employees in the working environment should take into account the cultivation of the coordination style of employee conflict management, reduce their emotional exhaustion, and stay away from depression through the acquisition of constructive and positive coping styles.

Team Coordination Style Is an Adaptive, Emergent Property of Interactions Between Critical Care Air Transport Team Personnel

ObjectiveCritical Care Air Transport (CCAT) teams care for critically ill or injured patients during long-duration flights. Despite the differences between the CCAT domain and a more traditional clinical setting, CCAT clinicians are not explicitly trained how to coordinate care in the aircraft environment. We characterized the team coordination patterns adopted by CCAT teams and explored any links between team coordination style and performance. MethodsThis retrospective study used transcripts from 91 CCAT teams as they completed simulated patient care scenarios during an advanced training course. Qualitative and quantitative measures were used to characterize team behavior. ResultsVocalized content varied by team role, with physicians acting as leaders. The type of content verbalized by each team role depended on the team coordination style. The team coordination style and the content of vocalized messages were not affected by prior team member deployment or the characteristics of particular scenarios, and the team coordination style did not predict measures related to patient status. ConclusionIndividual team member coordination behaviors vary depending on the coordination style used by the team as a whole. Coordination style appears to arise from the interactions among individual team members rather than in response to situational factors external to the team.

Solvent induced synthesis of uranium organic frameworks: From 1D→2D based on a flexible carboxylic acid ligand

The development of nuclear energy gives lots of spent fuel which do harm to the environment and human health. There are numerous researchers focused on the disposal of the spent fuel with the adsorption method by selecting different materials as adsorbents. This work aims to handle the waste by using Lewis acid to accumulate and solidify the uranium. In this study, to remove the uranium from the spent fuel, a novel flexible tripod carboxylic acid based on sulfur was used to react with the uranium to form the interesting uranium organic framework with a one-dimensional chain and two-dimensional network. To our knowledge, this is the first case of the MOFs (Metal-Organic Frameworks) based on the ligand H3TTTTA, and the ligand in the compounds gives different coordination styles. All the UOFs exhibit outstanding stability in the solution with pH from 1 to 14, which shows brilliant application potential in the extreme environment. The methyl violet was selected to verify the adsorption properties of the materials, and UOF-1 shows the best removal rate of 96.98% in 24 h.

A quantitative study of fork-join processes with non-deterministic choice: Application to the statistical exploration of the state-space

We study concurrent processes with non-deterministic choice, loops and a fork-join style of coordination under the lens of combinatorics. As a starting point, we interpret these processes as combinatorial structures. We propose a framework, based on analytic combinatorics, allowing to analyse their quantitative aspects such as the average number of execution paths induced by the choice operator, or the proportion of executions of a process with respect to its number of execution prefixes. Building on this theoretical investigation, we develop efficient algorithms aimed at the statistical exploration of their state-space. The first algorithm is a uniform random sampler of bounded executions, providing a good default exploration strategy. The second algorithm is a uniform random sampler of execution prefixes of a given bounded length, allowing to bias the exploration in a controlled manner. The fundamental characteristics of these algorithms is that they work on the syntax of the programs and do not require the explicit construction of the state-space.

Mind the gap: Digitisation and payment systems

This paper provides a practical toolkit for central banks looking to develop their own instant (retail) payment system (IPS). Noting how the organisational and operational structures of such systems differ significantly across jurisdictions, mostly depending on the style of coordination between the system operator, service providers and the central bank in question, the paper identifies three key parameters to facilitate the successful launching of an IPS: the ownership/operational model, incentives for fast adoption, and technology. The paper discusses how the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey optimised these parameters in 2021 while developing a new in-house IPS, known as FAST.

Water-endurable intercalated graphene oxide adsorbent with highly efficient uranium capture from acidic wastewater

It is a challenge to improve the adsorption performance and service life of graphene oxide (GO) composite by introducing a macromolecular to manipulate the interlayer of GO to form a good water-endurable by intercalation. By virtue of high reactivity of amino group in the cross-linked network formed by poly(acrylamide) (pAM) and N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA), the layer space of GO was manipulated to acquire more efficient uranium adsorption of GO. Furthermore, the amino group can also increase coordinative binding interactions via providing a secondary coordination sphere, which adjusts the electron density of composites to lower the overall charge on U(VI) and provides an additional point allowing hydrogen bond to align U(VI) in a satisfactory coordination style. Herein, a high adsorption capacity and water-endurable of GO-pAM-MBA was constructed by interface manipulation on GO surface. The U-uptake capacity of GO-pAM-MBA was 984.2 mg g−1 (4.14 mmol g−1) in aqueous solutions, which was 1.6 times than that of pristine GO under same environment. The resultant adsorbent achieved a high adsorption amount of 5.42 mg g−1 in real uranium mine wastewater. Furthermore, GO-pAM-MBA displayed good water-endurable even after six cycles. Overall, the adsorption performance indicated that the GO-pAM-MBA was an excellent appropriate adsorbent for extracting uranium.

Obstacles build communication and coordination of institution in the university: a qualitative study

The Corona Virus Pandemic forces most organizations to implement systems and policies that are adjusted to gov-ernment regulations and appeals, including work from home, including at a research institute in private universi-typies in Indonesia. For the systems and policies to be implemented effectively, the leadership makes adjustments, especially in managing communications. Communication management is an important point during this transi-tional period because it has an impact on the coordination and results of work. Ineffective communication causes the institution's performance to be less than optimal. The purpose of this research is to describe the practice of communication management and coordination carried out by the leadership of an institution at a private university in Jakarta. The research method chosen was a case study approach, 11 informants were determined by purposive and snowball sampling. The results of this research show that the communication and coordination carried out by the leadership of the institution is not optimal, besides that it is limited to taking the initiative in confirming and providing a response, resulting in delays in completing their work. The fact in the field of leadership has not ad-justed the style of communication and coordination during the new normal. Comprehensive communication and coordination skills need serious attention because these abilities have an impact on institutions in building a cul-ture of synergy.

The Impact of the Epidemic Generated by the SARS-COV-2 Virus in the Context of the VUCA World

In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous business environment (VUCA environment) organizations often face changes, being forced to update their strategy in order to maintain or increase their competitive advantage. In the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, all organizations regardless of their area of activity had to devise a fast-track action plan so that they could continue their work even in a new world - an uncertain world with many changes, from one hour to another. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to reveal the connection between the VUCA business environment and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic context, respectively the way in which organizational change analyzed through the VUCA world could influence the activity of organizations in the pandemic context. In order to achieve these objectives, a systematic review was conducted. Starting from the present studies and researches, this paper aims to present the main components of the VUCA world and how they influence organizational change, the implications that the pandemic context had on the activity organizations, changes in the style of coordination and leadership of organizations caused by SARS-CoV-2, as well as the new skills and competencies that employees of organizations must acquire in order to cope with an insecure and complex business environment. The results showed that taking into account the aspects characteristic of the VUCA world can play a decisive role when a crisis situation arises, such as that created by SARS - CoV-2.

The DReAM framework for dynamic reconfigurable architecture modelling: theory and applications

Modern systems evolve in unpredictable environments and have to continuously adapt their behaviour to changing conditions. The “DReAM” (Dynamic Reconfigurable Architecture Modelling) framework has been designed for modelling reconfigurable dynamic systems. It provides a rule-based language, inspired from Interaction Logic, which is expressive and easy to use encompassing all aspects of dynamicity including parametric multi-modal coordination with creation/deletion of components as well as mobility. Additionally, it allows the description of both endogenous/modular and exogenous/centralized coordination styles and sound transformations from one style to the other. The DReAM framework is implemented in the form of a Java API bundled with an execution engine. It allows us to develop runnable systems combining the expressiveness of the rule-based notation together with the flexibility of this widespread programming language.

Catalytic thermodynamic model for nanocluster adsorbates

We present an approach to study nanocatalysis using density functional theory (DFT), statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics. The analysis starts by using a coordination style approach, which is key to producing a mesoscale model free of arbitrary parameters for sizes of ∼3 nm < D < 100 nm. We apply DFT in a coordination type calculation of the nanocrystal binding energy and the adatom adsorption energy to give us a Hamiltonian of the nanocluster-adatom system. This is followed by informational statistical mechanical principles and thermodynamics to complete the model. Carbon monoxide adsorbates are studied on gold clusters, hydrogen molecules on palladium clusters, and oxygen radicals on platinum clusters. The data exhibits size effects for the measured thermodynamic properties with cluster diameters between 3 and 9 nm. In spite of modeling three different systems, we find only small differences in the large-scale entropy (∼−70 J/K-mol) and enthalpy (∼−20 kJ/mol) of the nanoclusters. Shape effects are predicted to be greatest for nanoclusters of size ∼10 nm. For the Pd-H2 system, we use a cubic model which has close agreement with experimental data for Pd cubes. The computationally efficient procedure we derive provides a theoretical scheme to determine the size and shape dependence of the entropy and enthalpy of nanocluster-adsorbate systems from sequential single molecule adsorption.

Anthropological Context of Professional Teacher Training

A typological profile of students mastering the teaching profession has been developed based on the results of the empirical research carried out by universities of Belarus that provide professional teacher training programs. About 24% of students are classified as “undecided”. This type is characterized by a lack of orientation towards the teaching profession and dissatisfaction with the educational process at university. We assumed that the creation of an educational environment focused on the development of an individual style of professional activity and coordination of individual and generalized educational pathways of students at all stages of their professionalization in high school can change the situation. Such an educational environment can manifest itself in a multi-style educational space that meets the needs of students in professionalization in the context of individual educational requirements and generates factors of effective development and self-development of learners. Testing of the model of the multi-style educational space proved that it expands the possibilities of creative self-realization of future teachers, the achievement of the high level of educational standards, and significantly reduces the percentage of graduates who are not satisfied with the educational process at the university.

Structure and property of a Cu(II) compound bearing isopolyanion and flexible triol ligand

The investigations of the organic-inorganic hybrid materials attract widely attentions in recent years due to their applications in many fields, such as medicine, magnetism and catalysis. As one of the important types of inorganic components, polyoxometalates (POMs) bear the features of various compositions, rich structures and tunable charges, and play key roles in the construction of hybrid materials. Since the first [Mo7O24]6- polyanion was synthesized and its structure was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis, many different kinds of cations, including inorganic and organic ions, were introduced to this system. While the studies of this type of polyanion with coordination compounds are still rarely, especially for transition metal ions and oxygenated ligands. As our ongoing study in the field of POM-containing compounds, we succeeded in obtaining an organic-inorganic hybrid based on [Mo7O24]6- polyanion in aqueous solution with CuSO4·5H2O, (NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O and a triol ligand as staring materials. The formula of the obtained compound was determined as (NH4)2[CuL(H2O)]2MO7O24∙3H2O, L=(HOCH2)3CNH(CH2)3NHC(CH2OH)3 ( 1 ) through X-ray analysis, elemental analysis, IR spectrum and TG analysis. Single-crystal X-ray analysis reveals that compound 1 belongs to the monoclinic system with the space group of P 21. The unit cell parameters is a =10.778(2) A, b =21.391(3) A, c =11.596(3) A, α =90°, β =96.82(1)°, γ =90°, V =2654.4(9) A3, Z =2, and the final R 1 is 0.0155. In the crystal structure of compound 1 , Cu2+ cation is in a six-coordination environment and combines with ligand L in the unsymmetrical chelate coordination manner, where two triol groups provide one and two O atoms respectively and the other three positions are occupied by two N atoms and one O atom from water molecule. The [CuL(H2O)]2+ subunit connects with [Mo7O24]6- polyanion through the strong O−H∙∙∙O and N−H∙∙∙O hydrogen bonds to form a supramolecular two-dimensional network. TG curve shows that compound 1 has a good thermal stability until 160°C. The behavior of temperature dependence magnetic susceptibility of compound 1 in the range of 2−300 K expresses a strong antiferromagnetic property. In this work, the flexibility of the ligand plays a key role and provides the possibility for the formation of the unsymmetrical chelate coordination style of Cu2+. In addition, the high charge number of polyanion is an important factor for the construction of the two-dimensional network through providing more interactive sites.

Port governance and cooperation: The case of Japan

This paper looks at the various patterns of port cooperation in connection with the governance structure of ports. Literature review shows that recent port studies have mainly focused its attention on the port competition and the necessary port governance to win it. However, we also find some other elements of port effectiveness in the recent literature in terms of cooperation/coordination/integration, port cluster concept and harmonization. The authors question the paradigm of profit-making ports in connection with their corporatization, which may have lead port managers to fall into construction wars with unnecessary investment. Instead of competing with each other, can ports cooperate? If so, how can they? In order to answer these questions, the authors first suggest the typology of port cooperation and next examine it through the case of Japan. It is meant that the description of multi-faceted port governance cases of Japan will discover some tips for more effective port management with cooperative methods. The specific case of the Suruga Bay Port shows one of the rare cases of multi-port management, and displays an intriguing style of cooperation, coordination and integration. The strategy first define a clear concept of role-sharing among the three ports, and, next, draws up a general action plan, which is divided into commercial and construction programs. The final stage is set on the regional spatial planning, which covers all transportation infrastructure, industries and tourism. This case introduces a generalization of the port cooperation issue in conclusion.

First-Principles Study on Magnetism of Manganese Dithiolene-diamine and Dihydroxyl-diamine Nanosheets

We perform first-principles simulations on a type of two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheet derived from the recently reported manganese bis-dithiolene Mn3C12S12 [Nanoscale 5, 10404 (2013)] and manganese bis-diamine Mn3C12N12H12 [ChemPhysChem 16, 614 (2015)] monolayers. By coordinating chalcogen (S or O) atoms and -NH- group to Mn atoms with trans- or cis-structures and preserving space inversion symmetry, four configurations of this type of nanosheet are obtained: trans-manganese dithiolene-diamine Mn3(C6S3N3H3)2, cis-manganese dithiolene-diamine Mn3(C6S6)(C6N6H6), trans-manganese dihydroxyl-diamine Mn3(C6O3N3H3)2, and cis-manganese dihydroxyl-diamine Mn3(C6O6)(C6N6H6). The geometric configuration, electronic structure and magnetic properties of these metal-organic nanosheets are systematically explored by density functional theory calculations. The calculated results show that Mn3(C6S3N3H3)2, Mn3(C6O3N3H3)2 and Mn3(C6O6)(C6N6H6) monolayers exhibit half-metallicity and display strong ferromagnetism with Curie transition temperatures near and even beyond room temperature, and Mn3(C6S6)(C6N6H6) monolayer is a semiconductor with small energy gap and spin frustration ground state. The mechanisms for the above properties, especially influences of different groups (atoms) substitution and coordination style on the magnetism of the nanosheet, are also discussed. The predicted two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets have great promise for the future spintronics applications.

Dialogue strategy for horizontal communication in MAS organization

A multi agent organization model defines the structure, roles, interaction ways and coordination styles of a multi agent system. Multi agent organizations may constrain the communication between included members. Organizations' communication is the process of sending or receiving all the messages through a group of agents in order to achieve common goals. In a dialogue, agents follow some rules that define the permissive speech acts called dialogue protocol. Aiming for common goals, the dialogue strategy is the policy of agents to choose a particular speech act among the allowed ones by the protocol. In this paper a formal model for dialogue strategy for a group of agents in an organization is proposed in order to choose the most preferable speech acts. The argumentation theory is applied to the proposed method to define the values of plausible speech acts and to rank them. The algorithm finds the best option to utter and also it decreases the volume of exchanging messages. The proposed dialogue strategy is illustrated via a deliberation dialogue example in a group of agents.

Polyoxometalate cobalt–gatifloxacin complex with DNA binding and antibacterial activity

An unusual inorganic–organic antibacterial complex based on polyoxometalates (POMs) and the cobalt–gatifloxacin (GT), [CoII(C19FH22N3O4)3][C19FH23N3O4][HSiW12O40]·23H2O (1), has been synthesized. Single-crystal structural analysis shows that 1 represents for the first time an unusual tripodal coordination style with three GT molecules coordinating to cobalt(II) by six carboxylate and hydroxyl oxygens. The biological activity of 1 has been evaluated by investigating its binding ability to calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA). UV spectrum study of 1 has shown that it can bind to CT-DNA by intercalation. The DNA-binding constant Kb was 9.6 × 104 M L−1, higher than that of pure GT, 3.8 × 104 M L−1. Furthermore, the antibacterial activities of 1 were tested against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively, and have shown slightly lower antibacterial activity than that of free GT at the same mass concentration. If the GT component in the complexes was controlled at the same molar concentration, 1 generates the biggest antibacterial area during the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion detection. This result indicates that the integration of heteropolyanions and GT exhibits synergistic effects on the antibacterial activity, which paves a new way to design low-cost antibacterial compound by the introduction of POMs.

Gli accordi territoriali per la conciliazione famiglia-lavoro in lombardia: la sperimentazione di workshop partecipati

This article provides an overview of the various ways of interactions of actors composing the local system of work-life balance policies in Lombardy. Starting with a theoretical analysis under the organizational perspective of the elements forming the so-called welfare mix, work-life balance policies in Lombardy have created, since 2010, a new and innovative coordination style among the different actors (State, Market, Family and Third Sector). This type of coordination allows a new system of governance at the local level, with a real commitment of public and private agents. The present paper describes an empirical case study based on the results of four different workshops developed in order to induce Lombardy’s provinces and all the public bodies involved, to reflect about this Work-Life Balance Territorial Plan. Directing all the policies according to a work-life balance point of view, and creating a high level of active interaction between public and private organisations, can contribute to get over the welfare state crisis that we are now experiencing. Creating networks, being agents of changing, encouraging dialogue between different organisations, leads the public bodies to an innovative way of administrating both public finances and the relationships with local actors, reaching high level of performance and higher rates of female employment. Finally, it allows the creation of a territorial administration receptive to its citizens' work-life balance issues.

Iliotibial Band Syndrome in Runners

The popularity of running is still growing and, as participation increases, the incidence of running-related injuries will also rise. Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) is the most common injury of the lateral side of the knee in runners, with an incidence estimated to be between 5% and 14%. In order to facilitate the evidence-based management of ITBS in runners, more needs to be learned about the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of this injury. This article provides a systematic review of the literature on the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of ITBS in runners. The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, and reference lists were searched for relevant articles. Systematic reviews, clinical trials or observational studies involving adult runners (>18 years) that focused on the aetiology, diagnosis and/or treatment of ITBS were included and articles not written in English, French, German or Dutch were excluded. Two reviewers independently screened search results, assessed methodological quality and extracted data. The sum of all positive ratings divided by the maximum score was the percentage quality score (QS). Only studies with a QS higher than 60% were included in the analysis. The following data were extracted: study design; number and characteristics of participants; diagnostic criteria for ITBS; exposure/treatment characteristics; analyses/outcome variables of the study; and setting and theoretical perspective on ITBS. The studies of the aetiology of ITBS in runners provide limited or conflicting evidence and it is not clear whether hip abductor weakness has a major role in ITBS. The kinetics and kinematics of the hip, knee and/or ankle/foot appear to be considerably different in runners with ITBS to those without. The biomechanical studies involved small samples, and data seem to have been influenced by sex, height and weight of participants. Although most studies monitored the management of ITBS using clinical tests, these tests have not been validated for this patient group. While the articles were inconsistent regarding the treatment of ITBS, hip/knee coordination and running style appear to be key factors in the treatment of ITBS. Runners might also benefit from mobilization, exercises to strengthen the hip, and advice about running shoes and running surface. The methodological quality of research into the management of ITBS in runners is poor and the results are highly conflicting. Therefore, the study designs should be improved to prevent selection bias and to increase the generalizability of findings.

아바타를 활용한 SNS 기반 쇼핑 연계 사이트

This paper is implemented new styled site to combine community of blog style for SNS and shopping mall. Especially, this site is included simulation of coordination in fashion with avatar model. It makes indirect experience of clothing and user-friendly user interface that is different to other Web sites or shopping malls. So this avatar is designed and implemented by using flash animation technique that makes confirm possible coordination styles with eyes of client instantly and review goods very easily. Additionally, it makes pay attention to connect shopping malls and service convenience by SNS.

Auxiliary ligand effects on the structural dimensionality of copper(II) coordination complexes: from 3D networks to 1D chains

Reaction of a hexapodal ligand 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine hexaacetic acid (H6TTHA) produced two copper(II) coordination complexes {Cu5(HTTHA)2(H2O)10}n (1) and {Cu2(H2TTHA)(phen)2}n (2) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline). X-ray structure determination reveals that complex 1 has a complicated 3D structure, in which three coordination styles (tetracoordinate, pentacoordinate, and hexacoordinate geometries) are all present. Complex 2, which includes a phen auxiliary ligand, exhibits an infinite 1D chain network stabilized by hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking interactions. Square [Cu2O2] dimer units are present in both complexes.