Integration Efforts Research Articles

The prototype NOAA Aerosol Reanalysis version 1.0: description of the modeling system and its evaluation

Abstract. In this study, we describe the first prototype version of global aerosol reanalysis at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the prototype NOAA Aerosol Reanalysis version 1.0 (pNARA v1.0) that was produced for the year 2016. In pNARA v1.0, the forecast model is an early version of the operational Global Ensemble Forecast System-Aerosols (GEFS-Aerosols) model. The three-dimensional ensemble-variational (3D-EnVar) data assimilation (DA) system configuration is built using elements of the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI) framework being developed at the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA). The Neural Network Retrievals (NNR) of aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments are assimilated to provide reanalysis of aerosol mass mixing ratios. We evaluate pNARA v1.0 against a wide variety of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) observations, against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications 2 (MERRA-2; Gelaro et al., 2017; Randles et al., 2017; Buchard et al., 2017) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts' Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service Reanalysis (CAMSRA; Inness et al., 2019), and against measurements of surface concentrations of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and aerosol species. Overall, the 3D-EnVar DA system significantly improves AOD simulations compared with observations, but the assimilation has limited impact on chemical composition and size distributions of aerosols. We also identify deficiencies in the model's representations of aerosol chemistry and their optical properties elucidated from evaluation of pNARA v1.0 against AERONET observations. A comparison of seasonal profiles of aerosol species from pNARA v1.0 with the other two reanalyses exposes significant differences among datasets. These differences reflect uncertainties in simulating aerosols in general.

Somalia's New Horizon: Joining the East African Community (EAC)

Somalia's recent participation in the EAC brings forth transformative opportunities and challenges across various sectors. This report delves into EAC integration, focusing on Somalia's opportunities and challenges, along with policy implications. It emphasizes the importance of comprehending Somalia's dynamic integration into the EAC for informed decision-making and strategic planning. As a member of the EAC Customs Union, Somalia gains access to a larger market, stimulating economic growth and fostering cross-border collaborations. The removal of trade barriers and participation in collaborative ventures offer resilience and connectivity to the global economy. The EAC Common Market reinforces fairness, equity, and cooperation, ensuring Somalia's equal treatment, transparency, and active engagement. Participation in the EAC Monetary Union addresses economic challenges, including dollarization and counterfeit currencies, and will promote economic stability. Somalia's involvement in the Political Federation provides support for lasting peace and recovery from years of conflict. Despite these advantages, challenges arise, including aligning regulations, adapting to increased competition, and navigating the complexities of regional cooperation. The economic landscape of Somalia is rapidly evolving, with notable achievements such as the UN Security Council's decision to end the arms embargo after three decades. Moreover, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recognizes Somalia's strong implementation of wide-ranging reforms, strengthening key economic and financial policy institutions. This progress positions Somalia for potential debt relief at the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Completion Point in December 2023. These milestones underscore Somalia's commitment to economic development, international trade, and the defeat of terrorism. The Political Federation in EAC brings both opportunities and challenges, requiring Somalia to balance national priorities with regional integration efforts, harmonize governance practices, and ensure political stability

Strategi Public Relation PT Sari Melati Kencana Dalam Mengukuhkan Brand Image Pada Pizza Hut Bengkulu

This research aims to determine the Public Relations Strategy of PT Sari Melati Kencana in strengthening the Brand Image of Pizza Hut Bengkulu. This research uses PR Strategy theory which includes operational strategy, educational persuasive approach, social responsibility approach to public relations and PR, cooperative approach, and coordinative or integrative approach. And the type of research used is qualitative research. The results of this research show that PT Sari Melati Kencana's public relations in strengthening the brand image of Pizza Hut Bengkulu depicts a holistic and integrated effort. An operational strategy that prioritizes a social approach, a persuasive and educational approach that creates educational and persuasive communication, a public relations social responsibility approach that responds quickly to complaints and maintains product quality, a cooperative approach that fosters internal and external harmonious relationships, and a coordinative or integrative approach which makes a positive contribution to increasing community support, customer loyalty and strengthening a positive image. Overall, a PR strategy that includes these aspects has succeeded in having a positive impact on the image and popularity of Pizza Hut Bengkulu, creating positive relationships with customers and strengthening their position in the culinary industry.

Carceral and Cathartic by Design: An Anti-Racism Historical Analysis of School Discipline in the U.S.

ABSTRACT The longstanding overrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) students in United States K-12 exclusionary school discipline outcomes (i.e., suspension, expulsions, referrals to law enforcement and arrests) underscores the unrecognized concept that school discipline disparities are a purported outcome—rather than a flaw—of a racialized educational system. While these outcomes are prevalent across all school locales, they are of more significant consequence in urban schools/districts due to ineffective racial integration efforts and the historical and contemporary forms of hyper-(re)segregation. For historically marginalized communities, schools and the functionality of school discipline serve to maintain racism through what can is the cathartic carceral system: the policies, approaches, and practices that establish punitive/prison-like school disciplinary outcomes that promulgate the exclusion or release of racialized students in order to maintain, restore, and protect racism and thus whiteness. The purpose of the article is threefold: (1) define the cathartic and carceral school discipline system; (2) analyze historical artifacts (research, books, newspaper articles) that describe or interrogate race/racism, school discipline, and pivotal stakeholders (teacher education, school administrators, teachers, and support personnel) through critical race theory and content analysis; and (3) proffer transformative solutions according to the findings for PK-12 stakeholders and teacher educators through an anti-racism framework. This content analysis of history will focus on three significant educational periods concerning school discipline; pre-segregation (before 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling), early integration (post-Brown until 1975), and post Children’s Defense Fund Report in 1975, which from a national perspective, was seminal in establishing the relationship between race and school discipline outcomes.

The distribution and conservation of areas with microendemic species in a biodiversity hotspot: a multi-taxa approach.

Microendemic species are species with very small geographic distributions (ranges). Their presence delimitates areas with microendemic species (AMs), denoting a spatial unit comprising at least one population of at least one microendemic species. AMs are assumed to be distributed distinctively and associated with specific ecological, historical, and anthropogenic attributes. However, the level of influence of these factors remains unclear. Thus, we studied the distribution patterns of microendemic species within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest to (a) identify the region's AMs; (b) evaluate whether ecological (latitude, altitude, distance from the coastline), historical (climate stability), and anthropogenic (ecological integrity) attributes distinguish AMs from non-AMs; and (c) assess the conservation status of the Atlantic Forest's AMs. We mapped the ranges of 1,362 microendemic species of angiosperms, freshwater fishes, and terrestrial vertebrates (snakes, passerine birds, and small mammals) to identify the region's AMs. Further, spatial autoregressive logit regression models were used to evaluate whether latitude, altitude, distance from the coastline, Climate Stability Index, and ecological integrity can be used to discern AMs from non-AMs. Moreover, the AMs' conservation status was assessed by evaluating the region's ecological integrity and conservation efforts (measured as the proportion of AMs in protected areas). We identified 261 AMs for angiosperm, 205 AMs for freshwater fishes, and 102 AMs for terrestrial vertebrates in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, totaling 474 AMs covering 23.8% of the region. The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a large and complex biogeographic mosaic where AMs represent islands or archipelagoes surrounded by transition areas with no microendemic species. All local attributes help to distinguish AMs from non-AMs, but their impacts vary across taxonomic groups. Around 69% of AMs have low ecological integrity and poor conservation efforts, indicating that most microendemic species are under threat. This study provides insights into the biogeography of one of the most important global biodiversity hotspots, creating a foundation for comparative studies using other tropical forest regions.

Hometown Conflict and Refugees' Integration Efforts

Hometown Conflict and Refugees' Integration Efforts

Hometown Conflict and Refugees’ Integration Efforts

Hometown Conflict and Refugees’ Integration Efforts

The Indian experience of region building as a way to counter competitive regionalism in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East

The subject of the study is the modern regional integration of India on the example of the associations I2U2 and IMEC. The aim of the research is to identify successful methods and approaches of India, which it uses in integration efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. India's successful approaches to the process of adapting to new challenges against the background of China's strengthening in the region are being studied. The basis of the work is a systematic approach and analysis of statistical data, as well as event analysis and content analysis of official documents, Internet sources, historical and institutional methods, induction and deduction methods are used, theories of new regionalism and transregionalism, as well as the theory of regional security blocks are applied. The relevance of the study is determined by the complicated geopolitical situation in which Russia needs to apply more effective practices for rapid integration in this region. The scientific novelty consists in applying theoretical developments to a practice-oriented study of empirically observed regionalization processes in the Asia-Pacific region. In the context of a changing world order, India uses the new opportunities through new region building, applies the approaches of cooperative regionalism and transregionalism, and cooperates on all inter-regional platforms. It finds new partners and markets for its products, participates in integration associations and puts forward its own transport and logistics projects. This helps the country consolidate its leading position. India's integration experience plays a significant practical role for Russia and for other countries striving for development and leadership.

Understanding the Landscape of Cyberbiosecurity for Integrative Educational Programming

Highlights Alignment of terminology and community building are crucial in cyberbiosecurity. Agriculture and life sciences in a digital age present unconventional challenges. Data and digital literacy are baseline skills for integrative cyberbiosecurity education programming. Cyberbiosecurity education framework offers a foundation for intentional, integrative programming efforts. Abstract. As an emerging and interdisciplinary field at the nexus of digital technologies and agriculture and life sciences (ALS), the integration of cyberbiosecurity education for professional training and skills development remains challenging. Educational practices and related workforce development efforts associated with cyberbiosecurity may be best generalized as pseudo-shadow education, occurring outside standardized practice and lacking known ‘best practice’ to mimic. The current state of cyberbiosecurity education reflects a lack of sequenced and developed knowledge, values, judgments, and ways of thinking, which serve as windows into the underlying cultures of a disciplinary field. Coupled with this gap, the continuous deployment and convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) within ALS creates new vulnerabilities that are unfamiliar to the workforce. These vulnerabilities expose critical ALS infrastructures to cyber-attacks and terrorism and hold significant consequences for the bioeconomy. Securing the bioeconomy and preventing negative multiplier effects in other related sectors depend on adequate cyberbiosecurity education programming and workforce development. This exploratory report of current realities and future prospects provides insights into integrative cyberbiosecurity education programming for workforce development. The study explicates underlying concerns to be addressed in developing integrative cyberbiosecurity education for professionals in agriculture and life sciences and suggests an expandable framework to facilitate workforce development programming. Concerns to address regarding the creation of educational programming in cyberbiosecurity include alignment in definition, cross-boundary community building, the peculiar dynamics of the cyberbiosecurity threat landscape, and baseline requirements for cyberbiosecurity education and practice. Keywords: Agriculture and life sciences, Bioeconomy, Cyberbiosecurity, Education and workforce development, Threat landscape.

Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction in tertiary education: the case of university lecturers in Taiwan

Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction are important factors in today’s workplace. Academic study and practical integration efforts aim to investigate these factors. Purpose. The primary aim of this study is to examine the extent of emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among tertiary educators in Taiwanese universities. Additionally, the secondary aim involves evaluating the correlation between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. Study design. Data was collected using a survey approach and two self-administered questionnaires, namely TEIQue-SF and JSS. The survey revealed that Taiwanese university professors possess a significant level of emotional intelligence. Findings. The findings indicate that these individuals possess a level of job satisfaction that is higher than the average. Furthermore, the findings also suggest that emotionality does not affect thecharacteristics of work, communication, or colleagues, but it does have a significant positive correlation with salary, additional benefits, and performance-based awards. Implication for practice. This impliesthat academics who exhibit a significant degree of emotionality prioritize financial compensation, additional benefits, and performance-based rewards over the nature of their work, communication, and relationships with colleagues.

Enhancing Data Security in Cloud Computing Using Blockchain

As cloud computing continues to proliferate, ensuring data security within cloud environments becomes increasingly critical. This paper explores the integration of blockchain technology as a means to enhance data security in cloud computing. Blockchain, with its decentralized and immutable ledger system, offers unique capabilities that address key security challenges such as data privacy, integrity, identity management, and compliance. Through a comprehensive analysis of blockchain's potential applications and integration strategies, this paper provides insights into how blockchain can bolster data security in cloud computing environments. Case studies and real-world implementations highlight successful integration efforts by major cloud service providers such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon. Additionally, this paper discusses the challenges and limitations associated with blockchain integration and explores future directions and emerging trends in the intersection of blockchain and cloud security. By leveraging blockchain technology, organizations can enhance their security posture in the cloud, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their sensitive data.

Integration of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points HACCP with Maintenance Practices: Enhancing Food Safety in the Food and Beverage Industry; A Review.

The integration of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) with maintenance practices represents a proactive approach to ensuring food safety in the food and beverage industry. HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to identify, evaluate, and control food safety hazards, while maintenance practices are essential for maintaining the reliability and cleanliness of equipment and facilities. This paper explores the principles of HACCP, the role of maintenance in food safety, and the benefits of integrating HACCP with maintenance practices. It discusses strategies for incorporating maintenance-related critical control points (CCPs) into HACCP plans, challenges, and best practices for implementation, and case studies illustrating successful integration efforts. The paper concludes with recommendations for organizations seeking to enhance food safety through the integration of HACCP with maintenance practices.

Integration of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) with Maintenance Practices: Enhancing Food Safety in the Food and Beverage Industry; A Review.

The integration of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) with maintenance practices represents a proactive approach to ensuring food safety in the food and beverage industry. HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to identify, evaluate, and control food safety hazards, while maintenance practices are essential for maintaining the reliability and cleanliness of equipment and facilities. This paper explores the principles of HACCP, the role of maintenance in food safety, and the benefits of integrating HACCP with maintenance practices. It discusses strategies for incorporating maintenance-related critical control points (CCPs) into HACCP plans, challenges, and best practices for implementation, and case studies illustrating successful integration efforts. The paper concludes with recommendations for organizations seeking to enhance food safety through the integration of HACCP with maintenance practices.

Synergies at the Intersection: Exploring the Role of Bioinformatics in Enhancing Physiotherapy and Nursing Practice

In contemporary healthcare, integrating bioinformatics with physiotherapy and nursing science has emerged as a promising approach to personalized patient care and clinical decision-making. This study explores the synergistic potential of this integration, aiming to enhance healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes. The fundamental concepts and applications of bioinformatics are discussed, highlighting its role in analyzing biological data and informing evidence-based practice. Subsequently, an overview of physiotherapy and nursing roles in patient care is provided, emphasizing their holistic approach and interdisciplinary collaboration. The study examines the benefits and challenges of integrating bioinformatics into clinical practice, including personalized treatment planning, disease diagnosis, and predictive modeling. Case studies and examples illustrating successful integration efforts are presented, along with potential applications and future directions for bioinformatics-driven healthcare. Furthermore, the importance of data management and analysis in healthcare settings is explored, discussing tools, techniques, and ethical considerations related to the use of healthcare data. However, collaborative approaches and interdisciplinary teamwork strategies are discussed, emphasizing the need for education, research, policy development, and infrastructure investments to support the integration of bioinformatics into healthcare delivery. This study highlights the transformative potential of bioinformatics-driven approaches in physiotherapy and nursing practice, providing insights for healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and educators.

The Role Of Kenya’s Economic Diplomacy In Enhancing Economic Resilience In The East African Community (EAC) Region

Economic diplomacy is emerging as a critical pillar in the foreign policy of states around the world. The Kenya Foreign Policy Framework (2014) recognizes economic diplomacy as one of the key pillars of the state’s foreign policy alongside peace diplomacy, environmental diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and diaspora diplomacy. The East African Community (EAC) region has a long history of fostering economic cooperation right from the time of the East African Cooperation up to date. This is the foundation of the shared economic objective of enhancing economic development for the region as a way of building resilient economies that can overcome global economic challenges that have been occasioned by globalization and the related complex inter dependencies among states. This has seen EAC states move towards regional integration efforts. This study examined broadly how this pillar is cast towards the realization of resilient economies in the East African region and how this contributes towards the region’s economic development. It specifically focused on three crucial research objectives: first, is to examine the foreign policy formulation process touching on economic interests; secondly, is to investigate the key economic diplomacy strategies that Kenya employs in the region towards enhancing economic resilience; thirdly is to evaluate the achievements of Kenya’s economic diplomacy towards the EAC region. The study employed an explanatory research design anchored on a mixed method of data collection employing the use of questionnaires and interviews.

РЕФОРМУВАННЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ СИСТЕМИ ПРАВОВОЇ ОХОРОНИ ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЇ ВЛАСНОСТІ УКРАЇНИ В КОНТЕКСТІ ЄВРОІНТЕГРАЦІЇ

The article investigates the current state and effectiveness of reforms within Ukraine's intellectual property (IP) system in the context of European integration. By analyzing scientific literature and legal regulations, it aims to substantiate recommendations and proposals for further development of the IP system. The primary focus lies on analyzing the IP system and its transformation during Ukraine's European integration process. The article delves into the essence, nature, and key approaches to defining the IP system. Following the ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, the authors explore the motivations behind the necessary reforms for the Ukrainian IP system. These reforms ultimately aim to integrate Ukraine into the EU single market. The article outlines the goals and objectives of these reforms, along with an analysis of the regulatory framework that defines the directions for IP system reform. It then examines the main strategic reform areas in the IP field, including: reforming the state IP management system; reorganizing the system for collective management of copyright and related rights; ensuring transparency in the operations of the newly established National Intellectual Property Office (UIPO/IP Office); enhancing and harmonizing Ukrainian legislation with EU law during European integration. The article analyzes the positive changes that have emerged within the IP system during the reform process. It also identifies the main barriers and challenges hindering the development of the IP system in contemporary times. Furthermore, the research analyzes the dynamics of Ukraine's position in international rankings based on changes in the Intellectual Property Rights Index and its sub-indices. The authors conclude that the IP system reform remains unfinished. This incompleteness negatively impacts the country's economic development during wartime and hinders European integration efforts. The article explores effective tools and measures that could accelerate positive changes in Ukraine's IP system.

THE FACTOR OF AFGHANISTAN IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF UZBEKISTAN

This article examines the significance of Afghanistan in shaping the foreign policy of Uzbekistan. The geopolitical proximity of Uzbekistan to Afghanistan has had a profound impact on its foreign policy decisions, particularly in the realms of security, trade, and regional cooperation. Since the emergence of an independent Uzbekistan in 1991, the country has recognized the strategic importance of fostering stable and cooperative relations with its southern neighbor, Afghanistan. This article delves into the historical context of Uzbekistan-Afghanistan relations and analyzes the evolving dynamics in the wake of changing geopolitical landscapes, such as the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan and the subsequent power shift in Kabul. Furthermore, it explores the implications of Afghanistan's internal developments on Uzbekistan's security concerns, economic interests, and regional integration efforts. The study also sheds light on Uzbekistan's role in facilitating peace and stability in Afghanistan, as well as its engagement in regional initiatives aimed at fostering economic connectivity and security cooperation. By analyzing the multifaceted interplay between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, this article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how Afghanistan factors into the foreign policy calculus of Uzbekistan and the implications for regional dynamics in Central Asia. ‎

The role of the conflictogenity in the process of cultural integration

Integration processes, often seen as a way to cooperation and common prosperity, turn out to be complex studies that hide many subtle aspects within them that can either promote unity or lead to divisions. In this article, the authors consider the role of the conflict factor in integration processes. Conflictogenity means the tendency of certain factors to cause social conflicts and plays a significant role in determining the success or failure of integration efforts. Our article focuses on one of the important aspects of conflict, namely the process of cultural integration, which can hinder the smooth process of integration. The importance of cultural integration as the main strategy of cultural policy in Kazakhstan is emphasized in our article. This requires a scientific and methodological approach based on cultural principles. The research on cultural integration in Kazakhstan, its efforts to promote cooperation, preserve cultural heritage and support intercultural communication, should be a fundamental component of the integration process. Despite the fact that conflictogenity can cause problems, special attention is paid to strategies for their prevention and cooperation in our article. We analyze mechanisms that can overcome and prevent conflicts, ways to develop dialogue and mutual understanding. We also emphasize the importance of inclusive decision-making mechanisms and participatory measures that help defuse conflictogenity. Our considerations include the study of cultural dialogue, exchange of experiences and the protection of human rights as ways to strengthen intercultural harmony.

Integrating systems of systems with a federation of rule engines

Systems of Systems (SoSs) integrate many critical systems our society relies on. In designing individual systems, stakeholders use bespoke protocols, custom information models, and proprietary components with limited computational resources from various vendors. We present a reference architecture that allows multiple stakeholders to carry out a flexible integration without giving up control to a single entity in the presence of the aforementioned limitations. Our architecture relies on rule engines and graph data model to integrated systems flexibly even when black-box components are used. At the same time, a federation of the rule engines allows each stakeholder to retain control over the rules that reflect their policies. We also rely on a common information model based on ontologies to account for the information model mismatch and reduce the duplication of integration efforts. Moving rule execution to the standalone rule engines allows deployment in resource-constrained and proprietary environments. A uniform application programming interface (API) is used to integrate rule engines across systems as well as components within each system with a respective rule engine. We also present a novel algorithm to determine dependencies across rules deployed in different rule engines within the federation. This allows domain experts to develop rules as usual without having to deal with the distributed aspect of the system. We also present a proof of the sufficient condition to ensure all necessary notifications will be sent to ensure correct rule activation across different rule engines. Compared to other systems involving distributed rules, the proposed architecture is well-suited for the integration of transactional workloads commonly found in enterprises. The qualitative evaluation based on the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), applied to a telecommunications use case, shows that the architecture possesses the “interoperability”, “modifiability”, and the “functional completeness” quality attributes with a trade-off around rule expressiveness. The quantitative evaluation demonstrates speedup over the single-node setup in most scenarios except in case of highly optimized rules and a poor network performance simultaneously (tr<10ms, tn=100ms).

Doing Meso-Level Integration: The cultural, relational, and communications practices that draw primary care closer to the broader system.

Introduction: In alignment with the conference’s first theme, this paper draws on qualitative research to address issues of change management implementation at the meso-level in integration. It uses a case study of integration efforts as they played out during the first wave of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Alberta, Canada to identify practical ways of doing organization-to-organization integration in Primary Care (PC).&#x0D; Background: While the existing literature describes three high-level approaches to enabling the integration of health and social systems in a range of contexts, it is unclear how stakeholders in PC and health system organizations might practically operationalize these approaches. How, specifically, should those stakeholders go about: enacting a pro-integration culture; doing the relationship work required for integration; and communicating to support integration? Put differently, what are the practical change management behaviours that give life to these three key approaches and make integration real?&#x0D; Approach: A subset of semi-structured interviews with key informant stakeholders was drawn from a larger study of policy and change management implementation under pandemic conditions in Alberta, Canada. Participants in these interviews were directly involved in efforts to integrate PC into the province’s health system response to COVID-19 generally, and specifically into the response to the Omicron wave. The 10 interviews averaged 65 minutes in length and included key informants from both independent PC and central health system organizations. The Interpretive Description technique was used to analyze the interview transcripts and so identify practical enactments of pro-integration culture, relationship work for integration, and integration-supportive communication.&#x0D; Results: Key ways of enacting a pro-integration culture included: sending signals with staffing choices; making personal expressions of commitment to the values of integration; and ensuring communal commitments to those same values. Doing integration relationships involved: following through on rhetorical commitments; and persevering at proving oneself in the eyes of counterparts from other organizations. Finally, communicating in ways that supported integration involved: bidirectional communication that included listening as well as talking; the elimination of intermediaries to close the social and knowledge distance between PC and health system stakeholders; and actuating a mix of formal and informal communication channels rather than relying on purely formal committee work or informal contacts.&#x0D; &#x0D; Conclusions: Practical steps towards achieving meso-level organization involve making high-level approaches to culture, relationships, and communication real in everyday behaviour. Efforts to integrate PC into a broader pandemic response in Alberta Canada provide a window on these specific change management implementation behaviours and so how to ‘do’ integration. Doing pro-integration culture involves sending signals through staffing choices, personal, and group commitments. Doing integration relationships involves following through on commitments and persevering. Doing integration communications involves listening as well as talking, closing the distance between stakeholders, and taking advantage of formal and informal channels. Stakeholders seeking to integrate at the meso-level may wish to consider these practical action