Different Perspectives Of Analysis Research Articles

The Tragic Features in My Memories of Old Beijing

My Memories of Old Beijing tells the story of Yingzi's family and friends in the south of Beijing and expresses the author's nostalgia and perseverance for her childhood. In combination with the author's personal and historical background, this paper analyzes the human tragedy of women and the people at the bottom depicted in the book, explores the tragic tone in the story language of young and adult Yingzi, explores the inevitable and accidental causes of human tragedy, feels the author's thoughts and emotions, and summarizes the tragic characteristics in My Memories of Old Beijing. The tragic characteristics are the tragic ending of the characters, the sad tone of the story language and the cause of the tragedy. The tragic features discussed in My Memories of Old Beijing do not only stay in the perspective of female fate and tragic implication of common studies but through different perspectives of analysis and comprehensive sorting, it is concluded that the tragic features are one of the most prominent features in My Memories of Old Beijing and deserve attention and research.

An analysis of green lean six sigma deployment in MSMEs: a systematic literature review and conceptual implementation framework

PurposeGreen Lean Six Sigma (GLSS) is a comprehensive approach that aims to reduce waste, emissions and non-value added activities, thus mark an effective impact on sustainability of firms. Despite the numerous benefits of GLSS implementation, it is evident that Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are still struggling to understand, integrate and implement this strategy. This research work provides a comprehensive analysis of GLSS within MSMEs and proposes a conceptual integration framework of GLSS for improving economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability MSMEs.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review (SLR) methodology was planned to assess and analyse the research articles from 2007 to 2022. Different key elements of GLSS such as barriers, enablers and tool sets have been thoroughly reviewed and analysed for MSME organisations to understand their behaviour and effectively adopt the GLSS approach in their operations.FindingsThis study provides the analysis of different perspectives of GLSS and this will contribute to improve different metrics related to emissions and quality in MSMEs. It provides MSMEs industrial managers with a comprehensive knowledge base of GLSS elements, enabling effective deployment.Practical implicationsThe present study provides a significant knowledge base and know-how of GLSS to researchers that will assist in deploying this sustainable approach in different industrial domains. The study also assists industrial managers by providing a systematic framework of GLSS for MSMEs. Further, the study also supports society by proving pathway to improve the environmental dynamics through the execution GLSS.Originality/valueThe study is of the first kind that review different facets of GLSS related to MSME. The study not only enhances theoretical know how of GLSS but also guides practitioners how to implement comprehensive GLSS program for improved environmental sustainability.

Una breve riflessione sulla complessità della pedagogia oggi. Tra molte specializzazioni e visione unitaria/critica comune

The introductory note is an invitation to reflect on the complexity of pedagogical knowledge, which postulates the emergence of a unity consciousness capable of raising the question of the purpose of the educational action as well as of giving space and voice to different perspectives of analysis in constant interchange, in the awareness of the peculiarity of discursive structures.

Academic success - explanatory theories

Abstract The successful professional integration of higher education graduates is closely linked to the quality of students’ training during their university studies and their motivation to engage in the process of training and developing professional and transversal competences. Academic success can be defined either in terms of the high academic achievement of a well-established academic pathway or by reference to the extent of academic results achieved during training, during university studies and in line with training requirements. Definitions of academic success differ, due to different perspectives of analysis. Approaching academic success from an analytical perspective integrates categories of factors that explain academic success as a process. The present article aims to present a register of factors influencing academic success and to explain their influence on student personality and successful academic career shaping. Categories of factors related to the internal and external learning environment were considered, such as personal/individual, social, economic, cultural, educational and psychological. Academic success among students is moreover explained by reference to the management of learning activities implemented by students and aspects related to the flexibility dimension of learning in the academic space, with positive implications on it. Academic success is also explained by considering academic standards and the achievement of these standards as a measure of assessment. The philosophy of defining academic success identifies the concept as being a relative one. In this sense, student satisfaction with one’s own academic performance can integrate academic success. From an academic perspective, high academic achievement, objectively measured, characterises academic success.

Physical relief potential through robot-assisted mobilization in nursing care: an exploratory study

PurposePhysically demanding activities at the nursing bed are a key factor in the overwork of nursing staff and play a major role in the development of musculoskeletal disorders. The heavy back strain plays a significant part in this. Technical aids such as robotic assistance systems have the potential to minimize this overload during nursing activities. In the present work, we have investigated the relief potential of a supporting robotic assistance system developed in the AdaMeKoR project. An exploratory study design was developed to assess the relief potential of the robotic system for nurses during the care action of repositioning from the supine position to the sitting position at the edge of a nursing bed under kinaesthetic principles.MethodsThe study was conducted in March 2022 with a total of 21 nursing professionals participating. Safety precautions at this stage of the robot’s development made it necessary to use a 40 kg patient simulator instead of having a human act as the patient. Each participant performed the repositioning three times in the conventional manner and three times with the robotic-assistance. The conventional and the robotic-assisted task execution was compared using different perspectives of analysis. From a sensory perspective, ground reaction forces and electromyography data were collected and analyzed. A kinaesthetic perspective was added using 3D-video data which was analyzed by professional kinaesthetics trainers. A third perspective was added by collecting the subjective workload experiences of the participants.ResultsWhile participants’ self-assessment based on a NASA-TLX questionnaire suggests more of a physical and psychological strain from using the robot, electromyography shows a 24.41% reduction in muscle activity for left back extensors and 7.99% for right back extensors. The kinaesthetic visual inspection of the study participants also allows conclusions to be made that the robot assistance system has a relieving effect when performing the nursing task.ConclusionsThe conducted study suggests that overall the robotic-assistance has the potential of relieving nurses of partial physical exertion during mobilization. However, the different focuses of analysis show varying results in regard to external, i.e. sensor data and expert analysis, compared to internal, i.e. the nurses, perspectives. Going forward, these results have to be further expanded to get more robust analyses and insights on the interdependencies of subjective factors contributing to the experience of workload. In view of the fact that robotics for nursing is still a relatively new field and there are various lessons to be learned regarding the conceptualization of studies and corresponding evaluations, our approach of combining perspectives of analysis allows for a more differentiated view of the subject at hand.

Stakeholder’s Perception of Subsequent Goodwill Measurement: An Analysis of IASB Comment Letters

Goodwill is the most intangible of intangibles and continues to generate great debate in academic, business, and regulatory circles, with no consensus on its subsequent measurement. In early 2020, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published a discussion paper entitled DP/2020/1 Business Combinations – Disclosures, Goodwill and Impairment, to gather input on more useful disclosures on business combinations, bringing back to the discussion the subject of the subsequent measurement of goodwill. The IASB received comments on its proposed disclosures, as well as new evidence and arguments on how to account for goodwill, having received 193 comment letters from a wide range of stakeholders. This study aims to analyse the perception of those interested parties about the subsequent measurement of goodwill proposed by the IASB, as well as the arguments used for its reasoning. For this purpose, the content of stakeholder’s comment letters was analysed and classified as academics, auditors, investors, standard setters, preparers, regulators/securities, and others, and by region. In addition, the preparers’ comment letters were subclassified by sectors of activity to identify differences in the perception of preparers by industry. These differences point to the need to reflect on the existence of more than one goodwill measurement model, which best fits the sector of activity, a pioneering aspect in research on goodwill. The results reveal a preference trend for the systematic amortisation of goodwill. In all categories of stakeholders, apart from the "Others", the preference is for the reintroduction of goodwill amortisation. Similarly, most stakeholders in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania are in favour of reintroducing the systematic amortisation of goodwill. In some industries (Automotive, Banking, Luxury Goods, Electrical Appliances, Energy and Technology) no preparer prefers the impairment-only model, which suggests that perhaps in those sectors of activity, this model is not suitable. This study contributes to the literature on the subsequent measurement of goodwill, as well as to the different stakeholders, by presenting, under different perspectives of analysis, the respondents' preferences on the subsequent measurement of goodwill, as well as the arguments in favour of each model.

Multi Perspectives Steganography Algorithm for Color Images on Multiple-Formats

The Internet and Big Data expansion have motivated the requirement for more generous stockpiling to hold and share information. Against the current era of information, guaranteeing protection and security to individuals sending data to each other is of utmost importance. The only file type that is instantly and widely used is the image. Therefore, to secure transmission, it is necessary to develop a mechanism to safeguard user data transmission. Considering this thought, it is necessary to analyze the best file type of image for essential criteria of image steganography, such as Payload, Robustness, Imperceptibility, etc., to challenge the weakness of the current algorithms. The widely used image formats are PNG, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, and GIF, which is the cause of existing methods. However, in this case, the critical softness is the credibility of the steganography, which plays a vital role in these format images to ensure the end users communicate. In this paper, a single algorithm provides several advantages for various types of images used as cover objects. However, after the critical and comparative analysis of different perspectives and some assessment metrics, the experimental results prove the importance, significance, and promising limits for these image formats by accomplishing a 4.4450% normal higher score for PSNR correlation than the next best existing methodology. Besides, in PSNR with a variable measure of code implanted in similar pictures of similar aspects, the proposed approach accomplished a 6.33% better score. Encrypting similar code sizes in pictures of various dimensions brought about a 4.23% better score. Embedding the same message size into the same dimension of different images resulted in a 3.222% better score.

The Regulation of the Spanish Electricity Sector: A Long Way to Convergence

The regulation of the electricity sector, in general and in the particular case of Spain, has been brilliantly analysed by economists and contemporary jurists placing the emphasis, preferably, on economic efficiency and social justice. This article, based on the writings of economic historians in recent years, has as its objective to shed light on the logic to regulatory changes in Spain. Exactly as has been done for other countries, the explanation of factors and of the characteristics of this regulatory change, without doubt, will contribute to the understanding of its special nature within the overall international panorama, as well as a better understanding of the contributions of other previous and future works from different perspectives of analysis. The conclusions on the historical construction of the regulation of the electricity industry until the twentieth century allow us to define four big stages, deeply conditioned by their political regimes and the economic circumstances of the country, as well as by the unequal importance of economic agents in the taking of decisions: powerful energy companies, weak governments, and a complete lack of consumer input.

New perspectives for dynamic capabilities in meeting needs of startups’ survival

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze the systematic relationships among dynamic capabilities in startups’ survival.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on a systematic literature review on dynamic capabilities related to startups’ survival, following the content analysis approach.FindingsThis study presents four different perspectives of analysis about dynamic capabilities from resources exchange and business factors that meet needs of startups' survival. It also points out new area for future research in this field. In doing so, this study differentiates itself by its approach not limiting dynamic capabilities research and enriching entrepreneurs' capability theory.Practical implicationsBy indicating an evolution of dynamic capabilities theory among tangible and intangible resources exchange in a more favorable adaptation to startups growth, this study boosters and contributes to the society, economy in general and to the science of business management in various perspectives such as overcoming cognitive barriers, entrepreneur’s commitment, innovation capabilities and knowledge capacity of startups.Originality/valueThis study amplifies dynamic capabilities vision in startups’ survival as one of the main sources for growth in this type of organizations. It also develops a deeper understanding about new avenues for dynamic capabilities theory among tangible and intangible resources exchange.

Approaches to the definition of constitutional traditions

The author of the article analyzes the definition of constitutional traditions under the influence of various legal cultures; It also considers the various existing approaches to the definition of constitutional traditions and, at the same time, proposes its own approach to understanding these traditions in their particular context. The results show that constitutional traditions are formed over several generations, therefore, they always reflect the fundamental specificities of a sociocultural system. The author also highlights the factors that influence the perception of constitutional traditions in different legal-constitutional cultures. For the rest, the article studies the most widely disseminated approaches to understand constitutional norms that do not always fully coincide with the canons of constitutional and legal culture. Methods of scientific and general philosophical cognition are used to explore the constitutional tradition from different perspectives of analysis. It is concluded that constitutional traditions, as a whole, can be characterized as elements of the constitutional legacy that preserve the fundamental values of democracy, the constitutional order, the mechanism of state power and the constitution-based political system, as well as the constitutional forms of government enshrined in law.

Partnerships in care: qualitative analysis of different perspectives

ABSTRACT Background Even with the addition of CFTR-modulator therapies in cystic fibrosis (CF) care, engagement in home treatments by persons with CF (PwCF) and their family caregivers remains key to slowing progression of CF-related complications. Best practice guidelines for home care describe an ideal not necessarily attainable for many PwCF in real life. Effective clinical partnerships between PwCF/their families and clinicians are critical to developing feasible home treatments plans. Method A team of content and methodology experts conducted a grounded dimensional analysis of transcribed interviews from 20 clinicians and 7 parents of 9 children with CF to identify and describe social processes associated with a clinical partnership. Results The resulting theoretical framework explicates conceptualizations of partnership (i.e. mutuality and reciprocity) and conditions (i.e. quality and duration of relationship, patient’s developmental or life stage) that contribute to the enactment of successful partnerships. Parents recognize their own and clinicians’ complementary contributions to partnerships. Clinicians focus on strategies to improve outcomes – some consistent, other discrepant with their conceptualizations of partnership. Participants’ reflections of lessons learned from successful versus failed partnerships informed their subsequent enactments of partnerships. Conclusions Trends in health care delivery show a shift from well-intended, yet paternalistic, paradigms to partnership models in which the complementary expertise of patients and caregivers as well as clinicians are mutually recognized and valued. Our findings show that while parents and clinicians endorse similar philosophical principles of partnership, they differ in how they actually enact them. Transition to a partnership paradigm appears to remain a work in progress.

Value Creation for Sustainability in Port: Perspectives of Analysis and Future Research Directions

The paper offers a theoretical advancement on sustainable port development strategies adopting a relational perspective, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and stakeholder interaction in achieving sustainable value creation. It provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of value creation, highlighting its evolution and the different perspectives of analysis in business model research: the conventional value creation perspective, where customers and suppliers are considered key stakeholders in the supply chain, and the sustainability-oriented one, which extends value creation processes to other stakeholders, such as civil society, policy makers, financial stakeholders, and employees. Based on the main gaps of the literature review and drawing on the previous progress on the sustainable business model, this paper develops a theoretical framework, which structures the relationships between the port business operator and its stakeholders at two interconnected levels: the supply chain and the institutional environment. These levels identify core value creation activities and resources, relational governance models, and the value created with and for different stakeholders. However, its implementation opens new avenues for future research that are currently lacking in port research.

Trajectory and Research Opportunities on Consumer Brand Engagement in Social Networking Sites

Although consumer brand engagement (CBE) in social networking sites (SNS) has become the focus of marketing debates over the past decade, there is still no literature consensus on the definition and formation of the concept. In order to clarify the phenomenon, a systematic review of the theme has been developed in the international academic literature over the last ten years – from 2010 to 2020. After a selection process, 91 publications were identified as the most relevant in the study area. Analysis of different perspectives and definitions elaborated so far allowed the development of a new concept proposal for the concept. An integrative framework has been developed which synthesizes the relations around the concept. In addition, the greatest research gaps are presented, with suggestions for future studies. From this detailed view of CBE in SNS, marketing managers can better understand how this phenomenon works and outline strategies to leverage it.

Traços categorizadores na derivação de pares nome-verbo em Libras

A morfologia tem por objeto de estudo a estrutura, formação e categorização de unidades lexicais e apresenta diferentes perspectivas de análise. Sob o aporte gerativista, o componente lexical dispõe de palavras previamente categorizadas e traços que são o input para a sintaxe (CHOMKSY, 1970). Em Halle e Marantz (1993), a morfologia não existe per se, mas está distribuída em diferentes lugares da arquitetura da gramática e deve espelhar as operações sintáticas. A partir desse viés, assumimos que a formação de sinais e estruturas complexas se dá em um único locus gerativo, o componente sintático.Assim, coloca-se que em uma língua não oral, a Libras, raízes acategoriais são concatenadas a traços abstratos, por meio de regras de inserção de conteúdo fonológico, para se formarem os sinais. Neste artigo, evidenciamos pares nome-verbo que apresentam uma mesma forma superficial e são diferenciadossintaticamente por um v ou por um n categorizador, com realização fonológica Ø ou com realização específica em alguns membros dos pares. Essa proposta corrobora o Princípio da Uniformidade (CHOMSKY, 2001), pois, na ausência de fortes evidências que apontem para o contrário, reforçamos que as línguas são uniformes e as variações são restritas a propriedades facilmente identificáveis dos enunciados.

Los últimos años del pontificado de Pedro Tenorio: contextos políticos, ámbitos de actuación, muerte y testamento de un primado toledano (1393-†1399)

En este trabajo se estudian desde diferentes perspectivas de análisis los últimos años del pontificado de Pedro Tenorio, un periodo que se inicia en el verano de 1393 con la mayoría de edad de Enrique III y continua con el progresivo, aunque nunca definitivo, alejamiento de la Corte Real del primado toledano aliviado puntualmente con su participación en determinados asuntos de carácter diplomático y mediador que abarcaron por igual la política peninsular o la actividad eclesial, y todo ello en medio de una incesante actividad de administración diocesana, señorial, fundacional y constructiva encaminada a materializar el poder que representaba el primado de España.

La necesidad de una apertura en la historiografía de la Universidad de Alcalá

El mundo historiográfico de las universidades europeas de los últimos treinta años ha sido sometido a diferentes perspectivas de análisis que han superado las visiones planas en la búsqueda de la comprensión de estas instituciones educativas. En este contexto, la historiografía de la Universidad de Alcalá de las últimas tres décadas ha girado en torno al universo edilicio de los colegios como único método de aproximación. Este modelo ha analizado únicamente el Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso y los menores -cisnerianos, seculares y regulares-. Mediante el presente trabajo queremos destacar las lagunas que este método ha dejado, así como realizar propuestas concretas mediante el análisis de las facultades, para abrir la historiografía de una institución que fue clave en la historia de Castilla y de España durante tres siglos.

Cuasi-monopolio: Un modelo teórico para comprender la relación estatal-privado en los sistemas educativos

El objetivo de este artículo es efectuar una exposición detallada del modelo teórico del cuasi-monopolio de los sistemas educativos por medio del cual, más que entender a la educación privada en contraposición a la pública, a partir de la evidencia reunida es posible construir un modelo de equilibrio que tiende a a) maximizar el gasto privado como vía para el aumento general de las tasas de escolarización, b) generar un sector privado de “salida” en situación de trade off respecto del sector estatal tradicional en lo que respecta a las decisiones sobre la organización de los centros, la utilización de los recursos, el currículum, etc. y c) reproducir tanto el stock como el flujo de recursos estatales al sector estatal tradicional, independientemente de sus necesidades, de los problemas de inequidad y de los casos de inefectividad en su asignación. La exposición presenta los ejes conceptuales para el análisis y los ejemplifica con datos surgidos de investigaciones previas. Adicionalmente, se propone un modelo matemático para axiomatizar los componentes del cuasi-monopolio del sistema educativo. Finalmente, el artículo abre diferentes perspectivas de análisis para el uso del modelo teórico de cuasi-monopolio del sistema educativo para diferentes casos nacionales y sub-nacionales.

La insatisfacción con la democracia en América Latina. Análisis de factores económicos y políticos en 2017

Los bajos índices de satisfacción con el funcionamiento de la democracia en Latinoamérica en las últimas décadas, ha motivado desde diferentes perspectivas de análisis a investigar las causas que originan estos resultados. Por esa razón, el objetivo de este artículo es, explicar qué factores inciden en la percepción de satisfacción con el funcionamiento de la democracia en dicha región. Para comprobarlo, se aplicó un modelo de regresión logístico-binaria, a ocho variables agrupadas en tres dimensiones: rendimiento económico, político y percepción de corrupción; la base de datos utilizada fue el Latinobarómetro. Los resultados muestran que los factores económicos como los políticos generan mayor probabilidad de estar insatisfechos con el funcionamiento de la democracia, a pesar de esto, las personas siguen considerando a la democracia como mejor forma de gobierno.

Hitting a moving target: digital transformation and welfare technology in Swedish municipal eldercare

Introduction This article contributes to the discussion on digital transformation and welfare technology in municipal eldercare. The aim of welfare technology solutions is to exceed the current welfare system and to meet the challenges of an ageing population through technological innovations and applications that help people to better cope with health issues and strengthen their participation, activity and independence regarding their own healthcare. Methods First, this article outlines a number of different perspectives on technological and social change. Against this backdrop, this article portrays the challenges faced by Swedish municipal eldercare organizations due to the moving targets of digital transformation and the development of welfare technologies. Conclusion In this context, eldercare organizations are at risk of becoming victims of the fast pace at which technology develops and the rhetoric of technological determinism; they may try to pursue the latest technological innovation at the expense of their stakeholders’ needs. The implementation and deployment of welfare technology become a real-world social experiment. Without proper tools for evaluation, welfare technology might be implemented and deployed as an end in itself, instead of as means for better ageing or improved eldercare. This article concludes by framing a set of questions to help increase the understanding of welfare technology implementation and deployment in order to mitigate risks and improve outcomes. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Analysis of different perspectives regarding technological and social change. Identification of the challenges faced by municipal eldercare organizations due to digital transformation. Presentation of evaluation questions to increase the understanding of welfare technology implementation and deployment in order to mitigate risks and improve outcomes.

Foreign acquisitions of Italian medium-sized companies from MNEs

Purpose of the paper : Italy is one of the most attractive European destinations for FDI inflows worldwide. It has witnessed a rapid increase in mergers and acquisitions, to the point of overcoming the EU 15 mean in the years 2008-2013 (with the exception of 2012) (UNCTAD, 2014). The question of whether governments should foster foreign take-overs is crucial, since the Italian economy has been traditionally founded on “national champions”. The purpose of the paper is to present a broader research project that aims at investigating (at firms’ level) the performance differences of all the mid-sized foreign-controlled firms, compared with the non acquired firms in the manufacturing industry. Methodology : the paper analyzes firms acquired in the period between 1999 and 2009 by using data from Mediobanca Research Department. Findings : first results in terms of composition of the acquired mid-sized companies are shown. Practical implications : the paper defines the different perspectives of analysis describing the managerial effects of foreign acquisitions on the acquired firms, the MNE acquirers, and the target country with respect to the industrial development, the employment and the supply chains of the territory. Originality of the paper : the study uses Mediobanca Research Department database for the first time in order to investigate the topic of cross border acquisitions.