Development Of Evaluation Systems Research Articles

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF UNIFICATION OF HOTEL EVALUATION SYSTEMS

The article analyzes the features of evaluation systems of hotel enterprises. It has been found that in the conditions of increase in quantity and quality of hotel services the problem of systems of estimation, categorization and standardization of the enterprises becomes actual. More than 30 different classification systems used in international practice have been studied. Trends in the development of hotel evaluation systems around the world are also studied. Today there are two options for creating systems for evaluation and standardization of hotel enterprises: on the basis of requirements formed by specialized unions of hoteliers and specialized organizations and defined by public authorities. The article examines the peculiarities of the evaluation of hotel enterprises in different countries of the world. The countries that are among the ten most popular among tourists (Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, France, Singapore, USA, Sweden, Spain) have been taken as an example.Based on the conducted researches, the study proves the difficulty of creating a single system of hotel evaluation due to the diversity of needs of tourists from around the world. The necessity of unification of evaluation systems and creation of a single world system of hotel categorization is substantiated, which will allow tourists from different countries of the world to understand more easily what to expect from international hotel categories. Due to the complexity of creating a single hotel evaluation system, it is necessary to start with the unification of service standards in the field of additional services. This will allow tourists to quickly determine the categories of hotels in different countries, as well as form a clear idea of what characteristics should have a single global system of evaluation of hotel enterprises. Through the analysis of the systems of already existing evaluation systems, it becomes clear what qualities a single international system of categorization of hotel enterprises should have.

Development of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Systems for Logistics System

Logistic activities are significant activities that pose various risks for the company. These risks can affect the company’s performance. To be able to compete in the globalization era, companies need proper risk management. This study aimed to develop Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Systems. We offered four stages: risk identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation, and risk response. A case study was conducted to implement the proposed Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Systems. The results indicated that the proposed Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Systems were proven to be appropriately applied to evaluate company risks and provide mitigation recommendations.

Design on a wearable armband device for assessing the motion function of upper limbs

With the improvement of people’s living standards, people’s need for daily health monitoring is increasingly urgent, making human activity assessment based on wearable devices a new research hotspot in the field of pattern recognition and machine learning. In order to meet the needs of the rapid development of mobile medicine, the development of new armband-type wearable upper limb motor function evaluation systems has become increasingly important. This paper designs a human motion signal acquisition system composed of terminal nodes and gateway nodes. The terminal node is worn on the arm part of the human body, collects movement data of the corresponding part, and receives commands from the gateway node wirelessly. Multiple terminal nodes work in an orderly manner under the coordination of the gateway nodes, and the data of each node in the same experiment maintains high synchronization. In addition, the gateway node is connected to the upper computer through the USB interface, and is responsible for the construction of the wireless communication network of the entire system and the forwarding of the commands from the upper computer. In the case of hardware circuit and software design, power consumption and performance tests were performed on the hardware nodes of the evaluation system, and upper limb movement functions were tested. The test results show that the system is safe and reliable.

Estimating the Sustainability of Managed Natural Forests in Costa Rica—A Hybrid Delphi & Choice Experiment Approach

Management of natural forests in Costa Rica allows timber extraction in so far as it is guaranteed that the logging activities comply with diverse Sustainability Principles, Criteria and Indicators (PCIs). These are hierarchical and complex systems used, ex-ante in the formulation and approval of the Management Plan but have not been used for ex-post evaluation of managed forests. Development of sustainability evaluation systems that include few criteria is highly recommended. In that sense, the choice experiments contribute to simplification of the initial system of decision making, complementing a complex system of PCIs that permits detailed analysis of the management units. In this study, a choice experiment was included in a Delphi application and 5 key variables were identified to evaluate the sustainability of managed natural forests. These variables are, in order of importance—technical, legal and administrative conditions; external financing conditions; production performance; costs of preparing the Management Plan; and payment mechanisms for environmental services. The definition of these variables confirms not only that the technical, legal and administrative conditions are critical for sustainability but also that they could reflect the type of governance involved in sustainability forest management.

Оценка качества профессионального туристского образования в международных системах сертификации

The article analyzes the international quality systems of vocational tourism education. The main focus is on the dynamics of the development of these systems for the evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions programs in the field of tourism and hospitality. The competencies necessary for a graduate of a tourism university to undergo international certification are highlighted.

Peran Kepemimpinan Kepala Madrasah dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pendidikan di MTs. Swasta Miftahul Falah Sunggal Kabupaten Deli Serdang

The quality of education should be able to produce skilled graduates, capable of being in accordance with their level of education, honest and most importantly, good morals. Improving the quality of education that is more qualified, among others, through the development and improvement of curriculum and evaluation systems, improvement of educational facilities, development and procurement of teaching materials, and training for teachers and other education personnel. The purpose of this study is to find out what the madrasa principals do at MTs. Private Miftahul Falah Diski. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive analysis approach that is a research method that produces descriptive data in the form of written or oral words from people as research objects and observable behaviors so that they are detailed from a phenomenon under study. Based on the results of the study it was found that the leadership carried out by the head of the madrasa in MTs. Private Miftahul Falah Diski is classified into the type of democratic leadership in which the head of the madrasa always holds deliberations to the entire board of teachers, staff and administration in determining each decision to be made. Quality of education in MTs. Private Miftahul Falah I have fulfilled 8 National Education Standards, and it is evidenced by the accreditation of MTs Private Miftahul Falah with the accreditation of B.

Development of employees' evaluation and motivation systems in Czech NGO

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) went through a major development in management approach in the last ten years. NGOs professionalise their management by introducing systems and processes, because until now, NGOs have been intuitively managed by natural leaders. Systematic HR work is projected into formal management of the performance of the employees with a goal to maintain and increase the quality of the services. The quality of the services provided and the company's sustainability is supported by feedback towards the employees and managing their professional and personal growth. This paper evaluates the quantitative data from a ten-year long survey (2007-2017) amongst Czech NGOs in the area of HRM. The quantitative data are complemented by qualitative semi-structured interviews with NGOs' managing directors. The authors ask a question: Can the approach of non-profit organisations to worker evaluation and systematic monitoring of their motivation be seen as progressive? Based on the results of the survey and semi-structured interviews, NGOs approach toward worker evaluation and systematic monitoring of their motivation can be seen as progressive.

Development of employees' evaluation and motivation systems in Czech NGO

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) went through a major development in management approach in the last ten years. NGOs professionalise their management by introducing systems and processes, because until now, NGOs have been intuitively managed by natural leaders. Systematic HR work is projected into formal management of the performance of the employees with a goal to maintain and increase the quality of the services. The quality of the services provided and the company's sustainability is supported by feedback towards the employees and managing their professional and personal growth. This paper evaluates the quantitative data from a ten-year long survey (2007-2017) amongst Czech NGOs in the area of HRM. The quantitative data are complemented by qualitative semi-structured interviews with NGOs' managing directors. The authors ask a question: Can the approach of non-profit organisations to worker evaluation and systematic monitoring of their motivation be seen as progressive? Based on the results of the survey and semi-structured interviews, NGOs approach toward worker evaluation and systematic monitoring of their motivation can be seen as progressive.

Toward Assessing Farm-Based Anaerobic Digestate Public Health Risks: Comparative Investigation With Slurry, Effect of Pasteurization Treatments, and Use of Miniature Bioreactors as Proxies for Pathogen Spiking Trials

Manure and slurry may contain a range of bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens and land application of these organic fertilisers typically occurs without prior treatment. In-situ treatment through farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) of such organic fertilisers co-digested with food-production wastes is multi-beneficial due to energy recovery, increased farm incomes and noxious gas reduction. Before risk assessment can be carried out at field scale an investigation of the fate of relevant target pathogens during the actual AD process must be undertaken, requiring the development of practical test systems for evaluation of pathogen survival. The present study examines miniature (50 mL) and laboratory (10 L) scale AD systems. Treatments included slurry co-digested with fats, oils and grease (FOG) under typical operating and pasteurisation conditions used in farm-based AD, in batch-fed miniature and laboratory mesophilic (37°C) continuously stirred tank reactors. Biogas production, pH, chemical oxygen demand, volatile solids and ammonia concentration were measured throughout the trial, as were faecal indicator bacteria (FIB) i.e. total coliforms, Escherichia coli and Enterococcus species. The miniature and laboratory bioreactors performed similarly in terms of physicochemical parameters and FIB die-off. In the absence of pasteurisation, after 28 days, enterococci numbers were below the <1000 cfu g-1 threshold required for land application, while E. coli was no longer detectable in the digestate. For comparison, FIB survival in slurry was examined and after 60 days of storage, none of the FIB tested was <1000 cfu g-1, suggesting that slurry would not be considered safe for land application if FIB thresholds required for AD digestate were to be applied. Taken together we demonstrate that i) miniature-scale bioreactors are valid proxies of farm-based AD to carry out targeted pathogen survival studies and ii) in situ AD treatment of slurry prior to land application reduces the level of FIB, independently of pasteurisation, which in turn might be indicative of a decreased potential pathogen load to the environment and associated public health risks.

Administrators' Uses of Teacher Observation Protocol in Different Rating Contexts

AbstractTeacher observations are being used for high‐stakes purposes in states across the country, and administrators often serve as raters in teacher evaluation systems. This paper examines how the cognitive aspects of administrators' use of an observation instrument, a modified version of Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching, interact with the complex and dynamic rating contexts in applied settings. Findings suggest that administrators' rating strategies and rating approaches vary as the characteristics of the rating contexts differ. Even shortly after training (and more so as time passed), raters used reasoning strategies not supported by their training to make scoring decisions. We discuss the implications of the findings for the training of raters and the development of evaluation systems in high‐stakes contexts.

Development and application of oxidative stress biomarkers.

Oxidative stress may cause a wide variety of free radical reactions to produce deleterious modifications in membranes, proteins, enzymes, and DNA. Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generated by myeloperoxidase (MPO) can induce lipid peroxidation and also play an important role in the generation of reactive chlorinating and brominating species. As the universal biomarkers, chemical, and immunochemical approach on oxidatively modified and halogenated tyrosines has been carried out. As amido-type adduct biomarkers, chemical, and immunochemical evaluation of hexanoyl- and propanoyl-lysines, hexanoyl- and propanoyl-dopamines and phospholipids were prepared and developed for application of evaluation of novel antioxidative functional food factors. We have also involved in application of oxidatively modified DNAs such as 8-hydroxy- and 8-halogenated deoxyguanosines as the useful biomarkers for age-related diseases using both in vitro and in vivo systems. Application of these oxidative stress biomarkers for novel type of functional food development and recent approach for development of novel evaluation systems are also discussed.

Emergy based sustainability evaluation of remanufacturing machining systems

The remanufacturing machining has been recognized as an effective technology that helps improving the energy and materials utilization, and resulting environmental emissions and production costs decrease. Due to the intense lack of sustainability evaluation, therefore, this paper presents a novel emergy based evaluation method considering these objects in the remanufacturing machining systems. On basis of analyzing the remanufacturing machining and sustainability, this method comprises data collection, emergy based sustainability evaluation model and development of sustainable evaluation indexes and systems. Meanwhile, this method translates the quality loss function, time loss function, and cost into emergy by the Emdollar value, and calculates the emergy value of the environmental losses caused by the energy and resources used in remanufacturing machining process and its waste. Finally, the results of the remanufacturing crankshaft machining show that the remanufacturing machining system possesses high production efficiency and return with heavy environmental load state, and the sustainability index is less than 0.05. There is considerable potential for utilizing the energy and alloy powders of the remanufacturing technologies. This study contributes to studying sustainability modeling of remanufacturing to evaluate machining process and to optimize remanufacturers and manufacturers.

Is regulation preventing the development of therapeutics that may prevent future coronavirus pandemics?

Is regulation preventing the development of therapeutics that may prevent future coronavirus pandemics?

研究開発プロジェクトにおける追跡調査・評価手法の開発 : 検討結果及び今後の課題

研究開発プロジェクトにおける追跡調査・評価手法の開発 : 検討結果及び今後の課題

草地における展望施設の配置計画決定支援システムの開発(1) : 被視頻度を用いた景観評価サブシステムの開発とその適用性の検討

草地における展望施設の配置計画決定支援システムの開発(1) : 被視頻度を用いた景観評価サブシステムの開発とその適用性の検討

The changing role of metrics in research institute evaluations undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

AbstractAs an efficient S&amp;T management tool, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) institute evaluations have experienced four major systems in which quantitative indicators have played a great role. To better understand the roles of quantitative indicators in CAS institute evaluations and institute development, this article aims to discuss the history and development of the CAS institute evaluation systems. It is concluded that institute evaluation has played a significant role not only in promoting scientific progress but also in guiding the direction and focus of the institutes’ development, thereby aligning it with the CAS’s strategy at different phases. Our intention is that this article offers useful insights for a wide scientific community into CAS’ attitudes on the application of metrics in research institute evaluations. This article is published as part of a collection on the future of research assessment.

Teacher Evaluation Policies in Albania

This paper is focused on the overall purpose of the evaluation of teachers and on the teachers' evaluation policies in Albania. Evaluation purpose is to protect and improve the quality of teaching, so that boards should ensure a process that allows and encourages supervisors and teachers collaboration to improve teaching practices in the classroom. Developing high-quality professionals should be available for every teacher. Professional development programs should be based on state standards, the district where the school is located, learning goals and the identified needs of students and teachers. In addition, all new teachers must have objective support and participate in an introductory and counselling program. Evaluation of teachers tends to influence professional development and career decisions. The literature suggests that assessment strategies are used by objective. If the objective is the responsibility, there should be used summative strategies; if the objective is professional growth, there should be used formative strategies. According to the Institute of Education Development in Albania, professional standards for teachers are part of a broader framework of documents involving all education system. Teacher evaluation tests are performed only in Tirana from evaluation tests commissions. From this paper it is seen that there is lack of a comprehensive policy for the development of teaching profession and teacher evaluation systems in Albania which lack theoretical foundation. Likewise, there is lack of studies, national estimates on the basis of which would have drawn up policies and would be taken better decisions for teachers. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2016.v5n2p145

Influences of faculty evaluating system on educational performance of medical school faculty.

Purpose:The promotion of educators is challenged by the lack of accepted standards to evaluate the quality and impact of educational activities. Traditionally, promotion is related to research productivity. This study developed an evaluation tool for educational performance of medical school faculty using educator portfolios (EPs).Methods:Design principles and quantitative items for EPs were developed in a consensus workshop. These principles were tested in a simulation and revised based on feedback. The changes of total educational activities following introduction of the system were analyzed.Results:A total of 71% faculty members answered the simulation of the system and the score distributed widely (mean±standard deviation, 65.43±68.64). The introduction of new system significantly increased the total educational activities, especially in assistant professors.Conclusion:The authors offer comprehensive and practical tool for enhancing educational participation of faculty members. Further research for development of qualitative evaluation systems is needed.

Escuelas de Alto y Bajo Valor Añadido. Perfiles Diferenciales de las Secundarias en Baja California

Los modelos contextuales de valor añadido han venido sirviendo como herramienta para el desarrollo de sistemas de evaluación basados en la rendición de cuentas (accountability). Sin embargo, el estudio de lo que aportan las escuelas una vez controladas las características contextuales relacionadas con el nivel socio-cultural de alumnos y centros(técnicamente llamadas residuos), también puede servir para identificar y estudiar las buenas prácticas escolares de aquellos centros que promueven el desempeño de sus alumnos más allá de lo esperado por sus condiciones socio-culturales de partida. El objetivo de este artículo es describir diferenciadamente las características de estas escuelas secundarias del estado de Baja California (México). Para ello se ha utilizado la información proveniente de los instrumentos que conforman la Estrategia Evaluativa Integral durante 2010 y 2011. Los resultados muestran que las escuelas que promueven más allá de lo esperable el desempeño de sus alumnos se caracterizan porque entre los estudiantes hay niveles más altos de convivencia democrática, de sentido de pertenencia, de autorresponsabilidad y expectativas escolares; de igual manera, los docentes de Matemáticas les dan un mayor apoyo cuando los alumnos tienen dudas y les ofrecen una retroalimentación más rica. Sorprendentemente, las escuelas de alto y bajo residuo no se diferencian en el tipo de actividades que los docentes realizan con los alumnos de bajo aprovechamiento. Este artículo es una buena ilustración de los múltiples usos que se pueden dar a los modelos contextuales de valor añadido.

The Culture of Professional Learning Communities and Connections to Improve Teacher Efficacy and Support Student Learning

As a result of Race to the Top, states across the country vied for school improvement grants in order to advance educational reforms including effective professional development and teacher collaboration within their school districts. Requirements of the grant included the development of teacher evaluation systems and a professional development model to support teacher growth and efficacy. Grant recipients unanimously chose to incorporate some type of professional learning community (PLC) and selected models that emphasized increasing and sustaining teacher collaboration in all disciplines. PLCs offer an opportunity for music educators to receive pedagogy specifically tailored to their discipline. Music teachers and arts supervisors should consider incorporating online PLCs into their programs not only to address professional development, but also to address teacher isolation and attrition and student achievement and, ultimately, to enact fundamental changes in their districts.