Driving Seat Research Articles

Qualitative Data in the Driving Seat

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the impact of the EdD experience on one teacher’s understanding of data and research. From a first-person narrative, the author shares how learning to collect and analyze qualitative data has the potential to change the way teachers can engage with “data-driven decision making” in a high school setting. By exploring one scholar practitioner’s personal evolution demonstrates the potential of qualitative research as a tool for both teachers and site administrators tackling stubborn challenges on our campuses. Includes examples of qualitative data sets collected on site and how data informed and inspired further work.

CSP2023: 82 - "I am now in the Driving Seat": Feedback from individuals with chronic pain on a physiotherapy led pain management programme

CSP2023: 82 - "I am now in the Driving Seat": Feedback from individuals with chronic pain on a physiotherapy led pain management programme

The Neuron vs the Synapse: Which One Is in the Driving Seat?

The Neuron vs the Synapse: Which One Is in the Driving Seat?

In the Driving Seat with High-Resolution Ano-Rectal Manometry

Introduction: High-resolution ano-rectal manometry (HRAM), part of the investigative process to diagnose disorders of recto-anal co-ordination, is currently performed in the left-lateral position (LLP). This may seem unnatural for patients and recent data suggest that the seated, squatted position (SP) may improve rectal drive and recto-anal pressure gradients, raising the question as to whether defaecatory dyssenergia (DD) is over-diagnosed when the test is carried out in the LLP. Aim/method: A single centre study was carried out in patients with faecal incontinence and/or constipation to evaluate the effect of SP versus LLP on HRAM analysis and resultant manometric diagnosis of DD. Positioning was consecutive and the order was randomised for each patient. The HRAM protocol was carried out in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines (Manoscan). Data analysis and interpretation were blinded with a consensus reached for each test position. Data (mean ± SEM) were analysed using an unpaired t-test and Chi-square test. Results: In total, 40 patients completed the study, including 33 females with a median age of 56 (IQR 48–63). The mean rectal drive was significantly higher in the SP vs. LLP (82.6 ± 5.3 mmHg vs. 44.1 ± 3.9 mmHg, respectively, p < 0.0001). No difference in the anal sphincter relaxation pressure (66.7 ± 5.7 mmHg vs. 70.9 ± 5.5 mmHg, p = 0.9535) was detected. The manometric diagnoses of abnormal ano-rectal co-ordination were significantly higher in the LLP, when p = 0.013. Patients reported a significant preference for the seated position, when p = 0.0001. Conclusion: These data show that HRAM in the seated position improves rectal drive, which reduces manometric diagnoses of abnormal ano-rectal coordination. These findings may have important implications for practice and may inform future guidelines.

Satisfaction on the Driving Seat: Exploring the Influence of Social Media Marketing Activities on Followers’ Purchase Intention in the Restaurant Industry Context

Recently, social media marketing has become an effective tool for restaurants to gain visibility, increase customer engagement, and boost sales. Through social media marketing activities (SMMAs) including customization (CUST), entertainment (ENTR), trendiness (TRND), and interaction (INTR), restaurants can connect with their customers in a dynamic way that may affect their satisfaction and purchasing behavioral intention. Hence, this study primarily aims to empirically explore the individual influence of SMMAs namely CUST, ENTR, TRND, and INTR on social media followers’ satisfaction and purchase intention in a sample of casual-dining restaurants in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, drawing on the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) model, we also seek to investigate the influence of customer satisfaction as a mediating variable in the relationship between CUST-PI, ENTR-PI, TRND-PI, and INTR-PI. Furthermore, to examine the direct influence of CS on PI. In order to meet these objectives, an online survey was created to collect data from a convenience sample of restaurant social media followers. Data from 415 followers were analyzed using the PLS-SEM with a bootstrapping technique to confirm the research hypotheses. The findings of the study illustrated the significant positive effect of CUST, ENTR, and INTR on followers’ purchase intention, respectively. Trendy social media marketing activities did not significantly affect purchase intention. Additionally, CS partially mediated the relationships between CUST, ENTR, INTR, and PI but fully mediated the trendiness-purchase intention relationship. The results from this research can assist restaurant operators to leverage the benefits of social media more effectively by understanding how SMMAs influence customers’ purchase intentions and enhancing their understanding of how customer satisfaction can be used to capitalize on the benefits of social media.

Questionnaire Survey on Vibration Patterns for Driving Assistant System generated in a Driving Seat of Fixed type Driving Simulator

Questionnaire Survey on Vibration Patterns for Driving Assistant System generated in a Driving Seat of Fixed type Driving Simulator

Construction of Driving Seat Frame and 2-Dof Motion Simulator

Construction of Driving Seat Frame and 2-Dof Motion Simulator

Farmers in the Driving Seat of Agricultural Control

Farmers in the Driving Seat of Agricultural Control

Tractor Driving Seat Suspension System Research Status and Strategies in China: A Review

The driving seat suspension system is one of the primary vibration-reduction parts of one tractor. Its vibration characteristics not only relate to driving smoothness and driver’s comfort, but also closely relate to driver’s safety and health. It has received much attention from researchers. This paper presented a review about the development status of tractor driving seat suspension system in China, analyzed existed problems, and discussed future development approaches.

Synthetic Biology in the Driving Seat of the Bioeconomy

Synthetic biology is revolutionising the biotech industry and is increasingly applied in previously unthought-of markets. Here, we discuss the importance of this industry to the bioeconomy and two of its key factors: the synthetic biology approach to research and development (R&D), and the unique nature of the carefully designed, stakeholder-inclusive, community-directed evolution of the field.

The Unfolded Protein Response in the Immune Cell Development: Putting the Caretaker in the Driving Seat.

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the primary site for the folding of proteins destined for the membranous compartment and the extracellular space. This elaborate function is coordinated by the unfolded protein response (UPR), a stress-activated cellular program that governs proteostasis. In multicellular organisms, cells have adopted specialized functions, which required functional adaptations of the ER and its UPR. Recently, it has become clear that in immune cells, the UPR has acquired functions that stretch far beyond its original scope. In this review, we will discuss the role of the UPR in the immune system and highlight the plasticity of this signaling cascade throughout immune cell development .

Vibration Effects Examination of Cushions Used on Tractor Driving Seat

Abstract Vibration effect of driver’s seat of agricultural tractor which works in land condition has been researched. In this research, three dif- ferent cushions on driver’s seat have been used. These are wool, sponge and cotton. Pad acceleration receiver is put on seat. Moreover, HVM100 tool has been used to record data. Data has been converted to graphs in BLAZE software. Statistical methods have been used in examining the graphs. In vibration isolation, ordering has been achieved as wool, cotton and sponge and without a cushion, respectively. Wool cushion has the best isolation. It is seen that data obtained from test results is appropri- ate according to ISO 2631 standards and scientific researches.

Poland in the Driving Seat: A Mature Presidency in Turbulent Times

Poland in the Driving Seat: A Mature Presidency in Turbulent Times

ANALYSIS OF DRIVING SEAT VIBRATIONS IN DIFFERENT TRANSFER CONDITIONS

The vibration transmitted through the seat of a four-wheel drive tractor, developing 179 kW, and equipped with front suspension axle and shock absorber for the implement, were measured and analysed according to the ISO standard. Several tests were carried out in different conditions considering: type of operation (transfer with and without mounted implement); type of track (conglomerate bituminous road, country lane); connected and disconnected suspension and/or shock absorber; and forward speeds. For the transfer on bituminous conglomerate road, it was observed that the suspension always reduces acceleration av, in both tests without and with implement, for all the considered forward speeds. For the tests conduced on country lane, the front axle suspension involved a reduction of the acceleration, but it was less evident than on the road Results showed that the forward speed and the mass distribution were the most important factors on tractor behaviour influencing the driver comfort. The daily exposure time which could compromise the driver's health increased from 2.5 to 8 h decreasing the speed from 3.06 to 2.22 m/s during transfer in country lane without implement. In the other condition the time exposure is approximately more than a working day

Endocytosis: Actin in the Driving Seat

Endocytosis: Actin in the Driving Seat

In the Driving Seat: on the Reception of John Casken's Cello Concerto in Germany

The composer himself relates how Heinrich Schiff had requested a ‘self-drive concerto’, one that combined the roles of soloist and conductor and in which a ‘sense of propulsion was provided by the orchestra's inner voice’. It has taken twelve years since the work's inception for John Casken's Cello Concerto to reach Munich, the southernmost major city in Germany. And it was Casken who conducted recently the Münchener Kammerorchester with the renowned Austrian soloist in the Herkulessaal here in the Bavarian capital. The world première was actually back in 1991 at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, with Schiff (to whom the work is dedicated) and the Northern Sinfonia delivering it with ‘exemplary and total allegiance’, according to one of Germany's more prestigious journals, Die Zeit. The work is ‘approachable’, this particular review continues; is cast in a musical language that ‘admits in its gestural directness highly expressive motifs and clear contours of tension’; manifests ‘expressive colour’; and gently queries the ‘depth of communication between soloist and orchestra’.

PM—Power and Machinery: Innovative Systems to reduce Vibrations on Agricultural Tractors: Comparative Analysis of Acceleration transmitted through the Driving Seat

The vibration transmitted through the seat of a four-wheel drive tractor, developing 92 kW at the p.t.o., and equipped with front suspension axle and shock absorber for the implement, were measured and analysed according to the ISO standard. Several tests were carried out in different conditions considering: type of operation (transfer with and without mounted implement, ploughing, harrowing); type of track (conglomerate bituminous track, macadam dirt track, country lane); connected and disconnected suspension and/or shock absorber and a range of forward speeds. In the transfer test on track, the vehicle suspension caused an average acceleration reduction of about 15%, and it could reach 30%. The shock absorber displayed a variable behaviour depending on the test condition; it could cause both attenuation and amplification, although the combination with the suspension often involves a high average reduction in acceleration (24%). In the soil tillage tests, the suspension could cause a substantial reduction in acceleration (up to 36%), but only in some conditions. With reference to the benefit for the driver due to the acceleration attenuation involved by the systems, it is important to note that, during soil tillage, the vehicle suspension could compromise the driver's health through an increase in daily exposure time of about 50% during ploughing and of more than 100% during harrowing.

Users in the driving seat or sitting alongside map-reading?

The government agenda is clear. At the highest level users are involved in policy making. We as service providers need to show evidence that users views are elicited and used to improve the quality of care. The tool bag of techniques used to elicit users views will be explored--questionnaires, structured interviews, focus groups and innovative cognitive techniques such as perception score cards. We explore the continuum of user-led qualitative techniques to provider-led quantitative approaches. Building a framework of techniques which cover the diverse needs of people using a speech and language therapy (SLT) service is a challenge. A greater challenge is using the views of users to bring about meaningful change.

Sharing the Driving Seat: Involving everyone in a family business

(2000). Sharing the Driving Seat: Involving everyone in a family business. Rural Society: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 5-13.

Putting the Logistics Manager in the Driving Seat

Attempts to question the established paradigms of the relationship between logistics companies and their traditional customers, the suppliers, the manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers. Calls for a completely open mind to the role of logistics in future and seeks to address concerns that ought to be felt by logistics managers (both managers of companies and managers of the internal logistics function). Recommends that the definition of logistics be broadened to include transport and storage of knowledge. Concludes that the logistics manager must grasp the initiative by being an active partner in the supplier customer dialogue, emphasizing the value of logistics to that dialogue.