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Getting heard? How employees learn to gain senior management attention in inclusive strategy processes

AbstractResearch SummaryRecent trends toward inclusive strategy processes raise the issue of how employees acquire the discursive competence necessary to gain senior management attention. Building on the emergent dynamic attention‐based view's (DABV) emphasis on communicative interaction, we ethnographically track an inclusive strategy process in a large insurance company. We find that employees typically failed to gain CEO attention because they lacked the discursive competence to integrate their operational knowledge with the CEO's corporate themes. Employees acquired this competence by both experiential and vicarious learning. The CEO promoted employee learning more effectively by specific coaching than by generic coaching. We contribute primarily to the DABV by showing how interactions are sites for learning as well as communications and that communication channels can be both expandable and transparent.Managerial SummaryThe benefits of increased employee inclusion in strategy processes depend upon participants being truly heard. This study of an inclusive strategy process in a large insurance company shows that top management attention to employee contributions cannot be assumed. Employees often fail to pitch ideas in a manner that top managers can work with. Employees learn to pitch ideas effectively both by receiving direct feedback from top management and by observing feedback on other employees' contributions. Top managers must also learn how to coach effectively, engaging with the specifics of employees' contributions rather than offering general advice. Designs for new inclusive strategy processes should include opportunities for top managers to improve their coaching and for employees to learn from both direct feedback and indirect observation.

CURRENT TRENDS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SPHERE OF RESTAURANT ELECTRONIC BUSINESS

The article examines the modern trends of intelligent automated technologies in the restaurant business, which are currently one of the most relevant topics that have attracted the attention of owners and managers of the restaurant business. It has been found that the service quality indicators improve in the service sector thanks to the automation of interaction with customers, which in turn leads to an increase in the level of satisfaction of consumers who are ready to invest in positive emotions. The study analyzes the current state of intelligent automation in the restaurant sector and provides a systematic assessment of the potential of innovative processes. For this, the market of intelligent automation in the restaurant business was analyzed, which creates a basis for future research and strategic planning. It was found that in the modern digital environment, the possibilities of automating work processes in the restaurant business constitute a significant specific weight. This direction, which has largely remained out of academic research until now, is attracting the attention of both the corporate and scientific worlds. It was found that intelligent automation plays a key role in improving the processes of service, management and marketing in the restaurant sector. The application of intelligent technologies will help automate many processes in the restaurant business that were previously performed manually. It is well-founded that thanks to means of intelligent automation, such as mobile applications, kiosks and chatbots, the way of serving guests is changing, and modern software simplifies the management of the restaurant business. The results of the analysis of modern trends of intelligent digitization in the restaurant business and the assessment of the possibilities of their practical implementation will contribute to increasing competitiveness and meeting the needs of the modern consumer of restaurant services. Thus, innovations aimed at the digital transformation of customer service tools have a positive impact on quality parameters, which become a key competitive advantage in the service sector.

Beyond Boundaries: The AHP-DEA Model for Holistic Cross-Banking Operational Risk Assessment

Operational risk assessment has received considerable attention in bank risk management. However, current assessment methods are primarily designed to assess the risk profile of individual banks. To enable cross-bank operational risk assessment, we propose an integrated AHP-DEA (analytic hierarchy process–data envelopment analysis) method. This method determines the importance of assessment criteria by calculating the weighted sum of rank votes after obtaining the importance values for specific rankings with DEA. This procedure replaces the pairwise comparisons in AHP and addresses the challenge of traditional AHPs in determining appropriate importance values when dealing with a large number of indicators. We applied this method to assess the operational risks of three Chinese commercial banks, and the empirical results indicate that this integrated AHP-DEA method is simple and user-friendly, making it suitable for cross-bank operational risk assessment.

Challenges in Digital Transformation of Microenterprises in Nueva Ecija: A Basis for Risk Management Plan

Digital transformation (DT) has attracted the attention of management and organizational scholars in the past decade. It has become an important factor for the competitiveness of businesses especially with the microenterprises. The use of technology has been the goal of many microenterprises to push forward in the competition and provide better quality products and services to its customers and improve the customer experience through IT innovation. This paper presents the challenges encountered by the microenterprises in Nueva Ecija both on the business and its employees in relation to digital transformation. A structured questionnaire was given to the 359 respondents representing microenterprises in Nueva Ecija, which showed that majority of the respondents were females at an average age of 43 years old. The objective of the study is to determine the challenges in digital transformation of microenterprises in Nueva Ecija. The sample size of 359 respondents answered questionnaires based on the factors like the level of digital skills, degree of digital transformation acceptance, level of technological adoption, implementation of digital transformation, and the challenges encountered in the process of digital transformation. The level of digital skills especially in the management level and employees appears to be high. On the degree of digital transformation acceptance, the microenterprises showed positive or good acceptance on the digital transformation. In the level of technological adoption, the result showed that majority of the microenterprises are moderately applying digital transformation or willing to apply technology in their business. While in the factor of implementing digital transformation in the business, a very small number of microenterprises implement digital technologies in their operation. Most of the microenterprises experienced difficulties in the digital transformation due factors like financial constraints, resistance to change, skills gap and others. The study recommends that microenterprises in Nueva Ecija should conduct regular training to its management and staff for skills development and acquire the necessary technologies as part of its risk management plan. It is also recommended that owners secure funds to digitally transform its businesses to stay competitive. This paper may be of help to the microenterprises owners and future researchers on the topic of digital transformation of microenterprises.

Government environmental initiatives, managerial environmental attention, and corporate ESG performance: from the perspective of attention-based View

ABSTRACT Using firm-level data in China from 2011–2022, we employ text analysis and machine learning methods to construct government environmental initiatives (GEI) index, and examine the impact of GEI on corporate environment, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Based on attention-based view (ABV), we find that GEI increases corporate ESG performance by promoting managerial environmental attention (MEA), especially in high-polluting industries and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Furthermore, the results remain unchanged after robustness tests. Our findings imply that GEI serves as an effective means for advancing the sustainable development of listed companies.

The urban environmental system perspective on socio-environmental risks of urban flooding

In the context of urban socio-environmental issues, floods stand out due to the amplitude of their impacts on building spaces and populations' lives. This problem has become an object of study in several knowledge areas, particularly from an interdisciplinary perspective, for understanding and identifying risks and socio-environmental vulnerabilities associated with hydrological disasters. The occurrence of extreme precipitation events recorded in Brazilian cities has also drawn attention of both public managers and agents, since the floods of urban rivers have caused, each year, serious damage to the population and services located in risk areas. Overall, floods in large, medium-sized, and even small cities are related to land use and land cover, as well as to rainwater management in urban spaces. Driven by these issues, this study presents results regarding the socio-environmental risks of urban flooding in Francisco Beltrão, a town located in Paraná State-Southern Brazil. It is based on the Urban Environmental System (UES) methodology, which is applied to identify social and environmental factors that intervene in the production of risks and vulnerabilities related to hydrological disasters. In the social subsystem domain, material losses related to urban flooding in Francisco Beltrão evidence the vulnerabilities of the affected population and the economic and social damage. On the other hand, regarding the natural subsystem domain, there is an increased hazard of extreme hydrometeorological events, which might lead to river flooding. Considering the urban socio-environmental system of Francisco Beltrão, the population's exposure to the flood hazard and the environmental degradation of urban rivers points to the use and occupation of risk areas.

Making more of less: using divestitures to unlock pharmaceutical innovation

Pharmaceutical managers have been encouraged to look to acquisitions and alliances for innovation. However, the literature warns that the capacity of a company to ‘absorb’ new knowledge is limited. Here, we introduce corporate divestitures as a tool for freeing up managerial attention. We build a sample of 349 companies, which announced 1784 divestitures and filed 63523 patents, over a 15-year period. We show that innovating companies that divest more produce more and improved patents, and those that divest to create corporate focus also produce more breakthroughs. In doing so, we introduce divestitures as an innovation tool, highlight the importance of the absorptive capacity of a company when discussing innovation, and add nuance to the discussion on external tools for innovation.

Biotin-new indocyanine green conjugate: Synthesis, invitro photocytotoxicity and invivo biodistribution.

New indocyanine green (ICG) (IR820) is one of the ICG derivatives and attracts increasing attention for cancer management. However, the unsatisfactory tumor targeting ability of IR820 significantly limits its applications for cancer theranostics. Biotin receptor is overexpressed on the membrane of various tumor cells and biotin modified nanocarriers have been reported to enhance the tumor targeting ability on several tumor types. In this work, biotin-new ICG conjugate (Biotin-SS-IR820) was prepared for tumor-targeted IR820 delivery. Biotin and IR820 were coupled through cystamine. The synthesized Biotin-SS-IR820 was characterized by 1 H NMR, FT-IR and HRMS. The invitro singlet oxygen generation study shows that Biotin-SS-IR820 exhibits similar singlet oxygen generation as compared to IR820 upon 660 nm laser irradiation (0.8 W/cm2 ). The cellular uptake study shows that Biotin-SS-IR820 shows enhanced cellular uptake amount as compared to IR820 on 4T1 cells. As a result, Biotin-SS-IR820 displays enhanced invitro photodynamic therapeutic effect against 4T1 cells as compared to IR820. In invivo biodistribution study, Biotin-SS-IR820 shows enhanced tumor accumulation as compared to IR820. Biotin-SS-IR820 developed in this work shows promising prospects for targeted delivery of IR820 to biotin receptor overexpressed tumors.

RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF ENSURING ECONOMIC SECURITY OF ORGANIZATIONS

Task. Risk management, as an independent part of the science of «management», is actively studied by analysts and other researchers. The modern development of risk management is determined by the need for the practical implementation of optimal and effective procedures aimed at managing the risks of the organization. The problem is that risks directly affect the state of economic security of the enterprise, while the enterprise does not always have an understanding of «what risk management is, what is its connection with ensuring the economic security of the organization». The purpose of the study is to form such an understanding and clarify a number of existing statements in this area. Model. The author reveals the essence of the category «risk management» and conducts a study of the close connection with the concept of «economic security of an organization». Conclusions. Risk management seems to be an adaptation toolkit for enterprise risk management, including ensuring balanced and optimal business development in order to ensure a high level of economic security of the organization. Practical significance. Popularizing risk management in organizations as an effective tool in solving problems related to risk management will draw the attention of company management to the practical orientation of risk management procedures to ensure economic security and their effectiveness and efficiency in practice. Originality. The modern directions of development of risk management are clarified in order to ensure the economic security of the organization.

Sustainability disclosure in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries: Results from bibliometric analysis and AI-based comparison of financial reports

Climate change is a pressing global challenge, and companies are under increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices and transparently disclose their environmental performance. This study focuses on the Italian pharmaceutical industry to gain insights into the level of stakeholder and management attention to climate change and the growth of academic research in this critical area. We employ a bibliometric analysis of scientific literature and a content analysis of financial statements to examine sustainability practices and reporting in both pharmaceutical and chemical companies.Our findings reveal a significant difference in stakeholder expectations and commitment to addressing climate change between the two industries. The chemical industry has demonstrated a stronger focus on sustainability, as evidenced by higher academic research and environmental disclosure levels. In contrast, the pharmaceutical sector has shown a comparatively lower level of environmental reporting and sustainability practices. However, our analysis shows a positive trend in pharmaceutical companies’ voluntary disclosure of environmental information in their financial reports.These results highlight the need for increased focus and effort in the pharmaceutical industry to address climate change and improve sustainability practices. Pharmaceutical companies can build stakeholder trust, improve environmental sustainability, increase transparency in reporting, align practices with global sustainability goals, enhance their reputation, and reduce their environmental impact. This research provides valuable guidance for policymakers, researchers and practitioners in promoting sustainable practices in the pharmaceutical industry and contributes to the broader understanding of ESG disclosure and climate change.

Prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and molecular detection of blaTEM, blaSHV, and blaCTX-M genotypes among gram-negative Bacilli isolates from hospital acquired infections in pediatrics, one institutional study

BackgroundGram-negative bacilli represents an important pathogen in hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) worldwide. The emergence of antibiotic resistance in these pathogens warrants attention for the proper management of infections. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) resistance represents a major therapeutic problem in infections due to Gram-negative bacilli.The present study aimed to study the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes blaTEM, blaSHV, and blaCTX-M by multiplex polymerase reaction in isolated Gram-negative bacilli from HAIs in pediatric patients.MethodsThe study included one hundred-five isolates of Gram-negative bacilli from pediatric patients with different types of HAIs. The isolates were subjected to full microbiological identification, antibiotics susceptibility by disc diffusion method, the phenotypic study of ESBL, and the genetic study of ESBL genes by multiplex PCR.ResultsFifty isolates of Gram-Negative bacilli showed ESBL activity by a phenotypic study by double disc diffusion method (50/105). All ESBL producers’ isolates were positive by PCR for ESBL genes. The most frequent gene was blaTEM (64%), followed by blaSHV (30%) and CTX-M (22%). Mixed genes were found in 4 isolates (8%) for blaTEM and blaSHV, blaTEM and CTX-M. There was a significant association between PCR for ESBL genes and phenotypic ESBL detection (P = 0.001). There was significant detection of ESBL genes in E. coli (28%), followed by Enterobacter spp. (26%), Klebsiella spp. (24%), Serratia (14%), Pseudomonas spp. (6%) and Proteus (2%), P = 0.01. There Seventy percent of isolates positive for ESBL production had an insignificant association between MDR and PCR for ESBL genes (P = 0.23).ConclusionThe present study highlights the prevalence of ESBL activity among clinical isolates of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from hospital-acquired infections in pediatric patients. The most common gene responsible for this activity was blaTEM gee followed by blaSHV and blaCTX-M. There was a high prevalence of multiple antibiotic resistance among isolates with ESBL activity. The finding of the present study denotes the importance of screening extended beta-lactamase among Gram-negative bacilli associated with HAIs in pediatric patients.

An efficient aluminum gradient mesh wick for enhancing boiling heat transfer performance

With the rapid development of high-power electronic devices, phase change heat transfer has attracted much attention for efficient and lightweight thermal management. However, the mesh structure design for aluminum-based pool boiling enhancement still lacks experimental investigation and theoretical analysis. Herein, an aluminum gradient mesh wick is developed for efficient heat transfer performance. The optimized gradient mesh wick is comprised of a large-hole rhombus flat punching structure on the top and a small-hole 2D screen woven mesh on the bottom, providing sufficient active nucleation density sites, timely liquid supply, and rapid bubble departure. The gradient mesh design for pool boiling enables to achieve a high critical heat flux (CHF) of 1095.46 kW/m2 and a high heat transfer coefficient (HTC) of 46.20 kW/m2·K at a wall superheat of 23.70 °C, which is 167.06% and 240% that of Al plate, respectively. The visualization of bubble behaviors and theoretical analysis reveals that the CHF of the gradient mesh wick mainly depends on the bubble departure and liquid supply, and the bubble departure accounts for a greater proportion. Such aluminum gradient mesh wick provides a strategy for efficient thermal management of lightweight and high-power electronic devices.

The impact of artificial intelligence on managerial attention allocation for discontinuous change: a conceptual framework

AbstractThe early detection of discontinuous change plays a decisive role in the performance and competitiveness of organizations. Whether and how top managers perceive change is mostly determined by their attention. However, research has shown that many top managers are often unable to allocate their attention properly and may therefore react with inertia or not at all to relevant changes. This raises the question of how managerial attention can be influenced to make top managers more receptive to discontinuous changes. A promising approach to this problem may come from the growing research field on the impact of AI on strategic decision-making. In this paper, I provide a conceptual framework of how the use of AI might help top managers better focus their attention on discontinuous change. Based on a systematic literature review and an attentional model, I highlight factors that influence top managers' attention allocation and likely enhance or inhibit it through the use of AI. This allows me to derive propositions for the application of AI in discontinuous change detection that can serve as a starting point for future empirical research. My paper contributes to broadening the research field of AI in the area of managerial attention.

Incidence and clinical impact of renal failure and bleeding following transcatheter tricuspid valve annuloplasty.

Bleeding is the most common complication after percutaneous leaflet-based tricuspid valve repair and associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) and adverse outcome. TTVA with the Cardioband system is a technically more complex procedure; however, frequency and prognostic impact of postinterventional bleeding and renal complications have not been thoroughly examined. This study was performed to determine the incidence and clinical impact of bleeding complications (MVARC criteria) and acute kidney injury (KDIGO criteria) following transcatheter tricuspid valve annuloplasty (TTVA). In a bi-center retrospective analysis of patients undergoing TTVA between 2018 and 2022, we examined frequency, predictors, and clinical impact of bleeding and renal failure. In 145 consecutive patients, the incidence of any MVARC bleeding was 20.7% (n = 30), whereas major MVARC bleeding occurred in 6.9% (n = 10). The incidence of AKI was 18.6% (n = 27). Risk factors for bleeding events included low baseline hemoglobin and elevated baseline creatinine levels. Risk factors for AKI included diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, high body mass index, and elevated baseline creatinine levels. Neither procedure duration nor amount of contrast media was associated with AKI or bleeding. Both bleeding and AKI led to a longer hospital stay. At 3months, 10.0% (n = 3) of patients with bleeding and 7.8% (n = 9) of patients without bleeding complications died (p = 0.70). Additionally, mortality rate was 7.4% (n = 2) in patients with AKI compared to 8.5% (n = 10) without AKI (p = 0.83). While about a fifth of patients undergoing TTVA suffered from postinterventional AKI or bleeding, none of these complications was associated with higher mortality at short-term follow-up. One important risk factor for both complications was chronic renal dysfunction, indicating a high-risk patient population. The most frequent bleeding localizations were the femoral access site, pericardial hemorrhage, and the esophagus, which need explicit attention in periprocedural management.

IDENTIFIKASI BAHAYA DAN PENILAIAN RISIKO DI KAWASAN WISATA LEUWI KENIT, CILETUH PALABUHANRATU UGG

Ciletuh Palabuhanratu as the first geopark in West Java which has been recognized by UNESCO since 2018, is famous as the first land in western Java. One of the natural tourist object in the Geopark area with the beauty of ancient rock structures aged more than 60 million years ago is the Leuwi Kenit natural tourist destination in Pasirpanjang Village, which has a very large number of tourists, but in certain periods there are often visitor accidents. This research aims to identify hazards and risk assessment, as well as risk control from hazards, with research objects including parking areas, entrance gates, access routes, play facilities, and exit routes. The research method is a qualitative Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and mapping of danger points, literature studies, field observations, interviews with the community, tour guides and tourist attraction guards. Based on the results of the study, there are fifteen danger points in the Leuwi Kenit tourist attraction, some of which can occur when the activity is running with a range of risk relative status, namely low to high. Risk relative high status is recorded to have dominated with seven danger points, risk relative moderate status with six danger points, and risk relative low with two danger points. According to the results of the study, there are fifteen danger points in the Leuwi Kenit tourist attraction, some of which can occur when the activity is running with a range of risk relative status, namely low to high. Risk relative high status is recorded as dominant with seven danger points, risk relative moderate status with six danger points, and risk relative low status with two danger points. The results of the risk assessment show that the risk status is included in potential hazards with high and medium hazard risk levels, management attention and control planning are needed. Alternative risk controls that can be implemented to minimize the occurrence of risk are administrative, engineering, and elimination approaches. Forms of risk avoidance applications such as making paths according to safe standards, making information boards for hazard location points, and rearranging amusement ride according to safety standards at Leuwi Kenit.

Temporal attention, knowledge breadth, and firm growth

This study integrates the attention-based view with Edith Penrose’s theory of growth to examine how the interplay between managerial attention and newly created technological resources influences firm growth. I draw upon research showing that combining broad types of knowledge during R&D creates new technological resources that are potentially valuable, and also relatively complex and ambiguous, making them challenging to utilize effectively. I theorize that attention’s temporal orientation shapes how managers understand complex technologies and construe opportunities for their use. I hypothesize that a shorter-term attentional focus is incongruent with broad knowledge combination, resulting in a less effective and more incremental use of newly created, complex technologies and lower levels of growth. Conversely, a longer-term attentional focus helps managers understand and identify novel, strategic opportunities for such complex technologies, leading to comparatively higher levels of growth. Analysis supports these predictions using a panel data set of 327 firms between 2003 and 2017.

Cultivation of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae for the Valorization of Spent Coffee Ground: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Study

The global surge in coffee consumption has led to the generation of significant amounts of spent coffee grounds (SCG), a by-product of the brewing process. If it is left unprocessed in the landfill, it will generate methane, one of the greenhouse gases, and therefore accelerate global warming. The intersection of SCG and its potential as a substrate for black soldier fly (BSF) larvae cultivation as one of the pathways for processing SCG becomes intriguing as we seek sustainable waste management solutions. The combination of both nutrition and toxic alkaloids (caffeine) makes SCG and/or other coffee parts intriguing for recycling (or upcycling) via BSF cultivation to generate insect protein. Due to its remarkable capacity to bioconvert organic waste into high-value proteins and fats, the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, has garnered attention in waste management and animal feed production. This comprehensive review sheds light on the recent development of using SCG as a substrate for BSF larvae.

Springboarding and activity load: Constraints on managerial attention and dependency on advisory firms in cross-border acquisitions

In this study, we aim to better understand the springboard perspective by examining how emerging market firms manage the process of ‘recursive’ cross-border acquisitions. Based on the attention-based view of the firm and resource dependence theory, we propose that ‘recursive’ CBAs augment activity load, limiting decision-makers' information processing capacity. As a result, acquiring firms depend on external resources in the form of more professional advisors. This relationship strengthens when the target firm has a greater degree of product diversity but weakens when the acquiring firm has context-specific experience. From 2000 to 2022, we used a multi-country sample of 2621 CBAs from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa and found support for our hypotheses.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in severe aortic stenosis does not necessarily reverse left ventricular myocardial damage: data of long-term follow-up.

Aortic stenosis (AS) is causing myocardial damage and replacement is mainly indicated based on symptoms. Non-invasive estimation of myocardial work (MW) provides a less afterload-dependent too for assessing myocardial function. We sought to look at the impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on the myocardium at long-term follow-up and according to current indications. We conducted an observational, cross-sectional, single-centre study. Patients were selected based on the validated indication for a TAVI. Standardized echocardiographies were repeated. A total of 102 patients were included. The mean age was 85 years, 45% were female, 68% had high blood pressure, and 52% had a coronary disease. One-fifth was suffering from low-flow-low-gradient AS. A follow-up was performed at 22 ± 9.5 months after the TAVI. No TAVI dysfunction was observed. Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction was stable (62 ± 8%), and global longitudinal strain had improved (-14.0 ± 3.7 vs. -16.0 ± 3.6%, P < 0.0001). No improvement of the MW parameters was noticed (LV global work index 2099 ± 692 vs. 2066 ± 706 mmHg%, P = 0.8, LV global constructive 2463 ± 736 vs. 2463 ± 676 mmHg%, P = 0.8). Global wasted work increased [214 (149; 357) vs. 247 (177; 394) mmHg%, P = 0.0008]. In a population of severe symptomatic AS patients who had undergone a TAVI, the non-invasive myocardial indices that assess the LV performance at long-term follow-up did not improve. These results are questioning the timing of the intervention and the need for more attention in the pharmacological management of these AS patients.

Upaya Pengelolaan Dan Pemanfaatan Dalam Air Limbah Domestik Tekstil Pencetakan Kain di PT X

The fabric printing industry makes a major contribution to various kinds of textile products, its by-products, liquid waste, require special attention in environmental management. Most of the liquid waste originating from the fabric printing industry consists of dyes, solvents and other processing chemicals. To prevent negative effects on water quality and the surrounding environment, managing this waste is very important. To achieve sustainability, advances in liquid waste processing technology are very important. The solution to reduce the impact of liquid waste from the fabric printing industry is an advanced purification process. PT. X to reduce polutan parameter such BOD, COD , TSS, Ammonia and Total Colidform by. 90%, 95%, 95%, 85%, 20%, 90% And meets the specified quality standards. Because the pH parameters still meet existing quality standards, processing is focused on reducing the organic parameters which are quite high. The results of the process will be used again for flushing activities in green open spaces and for washing operational vehicles.