One-time Event Research Articles

Transforming performance: how agility, response, resilience and support shape success in digital strategies

PurposeEvolving business landscapes have highlighted the crucial role of innovative digital transformation strategies (DTSs) in reimagining organisational operations and responses to optimise performance, regardless of organisational size or employee composition. The study suggests that DTS is a process that occurs continuously, rather than being a one-time event. It also underscores the critical role of personal resilience and organisational support in achieving job performance goals.Design/methodology/approachUsing a survey analysis, this study examines the impact of organisational response and agility, as fundamental components of DTS, on employees' job performance. In addition, it investigates how boundary conditions of personal resilience and organisational support moderates the relationship between (1) organisational agility and job performance, and (2) organisational response and job performance.FindingsThe research findings demonstrate the impact of DTS on job performance. It highlights the mediating roles of organisational support and agility in improving employees' performance. The study also discusses the critical role of personal resilience and organisational support in navigating the insightful impacts of organisational agility and organisational response on the job performance.Originality/valueThis paper presents a theoretical framework that integrates the dynamic capabilities of employees and organisations, providing academics and practitioners with a comprehensive perspective on the growth of employees' dynamic capabilities. By offering insightful discussions, the study highlights that, while creating new DTS, organisations not only improve their dynamic capabilities but also enhances the people’s dynamic capabilities and make them more resilient.

Optimized shock-protecting microstructures

Mechanical shock is a common occurrence in various settings, there are two different scenarios for shock protection: catastrophic protection (e.g. car collisions and falls) and routine protection (e.g. shoe soles and mattresses). The former protects against one-time events, the latter against periodic shocks and loads. Common shock absorbers based on plasticity and fracturing materials are suitable for the former, while our focus is on the latter, where elastic structures are useful. Further, we optimize the effective elastic material properties which control the critical shock parameter, maximal stress, with energy dissipation by viscous forces assumed adequate. Improved elastic materials protecting against shock can be used in applications such as automotive suspension, furniture like sofas and mattresses, landing gear systems, etc. Materials offering optimal protection against shock have a highly non-linear elastic response: their reaction force needs to be as close as possible to constant with respect to deformation. In this paper, we use shape optimization and topology search to design 2D families of microstructures approximating the ideal behavior across a range of deformations, leading to superior shock protection. We present an algorithmic pipeline for the optimal design of such families combining differentiable nonlinear homogenization with self-contact and an optimization algorithm. We validate the effectiveness of our advanced 2D designs by extruding and fabricating them with 3D printing technologies and performing material and drop testing.

Genetic hallmarks and clinical implications of chromothripsis in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Chromothripsis (cth) is a form of genomic instability leading to massive de novo structural chromosome rearrangements in a one-time catastrophic event. It can cause cancer-promoting alterations, such as loss of sequences for tumor-suppressor genes, formation of oncogenic fusions, and oncogene amplifications. We investigated the genetic background and clinical significance of cth in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) patients. For this purpose, whole-genome copy number alterations were analyzed in 173 children with newly diagnosed T-ALL using high-density microarrays. Cth was identified in 10 T-ALL samples (5.78%). In six of them, cth occurred in a constitutional background of Nijmegen breakage syndrome (n = 5) or Li-Fraumeni syndrome (n = 1). Cth generated alterations, including deletions of CDKN2A/B (n = 4) and EZH2 (n = 4), amplifications of CDK6 (n = 2), and NUP214::ABL1 and TFG::GPR128 fusions. Cth-positive leukemias exhibited deletions involving the tumor-suppressor genes RB1 (n = 3), TP53 (n = 1) and MED12 (n = 2). Cth-positive T-ALL patients had a lower probability of 5-year overall survival (OS) [0.56 vs. 0.81; hazard ratio (HR) = 4.14 (1.42–12.02) p = 0.017] as did 5-year event-free survival [0.45 vs. 0.74; HR = 3.91 (1.52–10.08); p = 0.012]. Chromothripsis is an infrequent genomic phenomenon in pediatric T-ALL but is significantly associated with cancer-predisposing syndromes and may associate with inferior prognosis.

Implementing a nutrition education intervention in Eastern Norwegian Kindergartens: barriers and facilitators

BackgroundImplementations to improve healthy eating in kindergartens may play a pivotal role in shaping children’s dietary behaviors. There is limited research on the implementation and key implementation determinants (barriers and facilitators) of interventions in kindergarten settings. The aim of this study was to explore kindergarten staff members’ experiences with the implementation of a nutrition education intervention to identify implementation barriers and facilitators.MethodsWe interviewed 12 employees from five different kindergartens in an Eastern Norwegian municipality between 2019 until 2020. The individual interviews were guided by the consolidated framework for implementation research. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed inductively, inspired by Braun and Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsImplementation facilitators were satisfactory planning and presentation execution, including tailoring to kindergarten and staff needs, food and meals being a kindergarten/staff priority, and confidence-building of staff. Barriers included unsatisfactory planning and presentation execution, the presentation as a one-time event, non-tailoring to kindergarten and staff needs, and kindergartens/staff not prioritizing food and meals.ConclusionsWhen developing and implementing similar kindergarten interventions, the following should be considered: a participatory approach, active engagement of staff, the physical learning environment, and the frequency of opportunities to revisit topics.

Electoral Democracy: The Manifestation of Collective Will and Deliberation

This article examines the conditions under which elections can genuinely express the 'will of the people.' It argues that the establishment of a shared community and the engagement in genuine deliberation are fundamental to achieving this. Drawing on the philosophical concept of 'general will' as presented by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the article posits that a democratic society must first and foremost establish an effective social contract. This contract serves as a crucial mediator between conflicting individual desires, fostering harmony and collective wills. Furthermore, the article also notes that the establishment of a social contract is not a one-time event but rather, an ongoing process. It emphasizes the need for this contract to be consistently renewed and reevaluated through thoughtful deliberations. The article analyzes various election processes, highlighting the failures and successes of different countries. It underscores how different approaches to elections can either facilitate or hinder the formation of a representative general will. It finally concludes that elections, when conducted under the proper conditions of deliberation and a constantly evolving social contract, can indeed serve as authentic expressions of the will of the people.

Enhancing Website Visibility: Implementing SEO Techniques for Improved Search Engine Ranking

Abstract: The Internet is a very important tool in today's technological age for a variety of purposes, especially when it comes to business promotion. Building a website that offers its users useful content is a crucial step in any online business promotion campaign. But simply having a website is not enough to increase traffic; you also need to ensure that it appears high on search engine results pages (SERPs). A very successful way to accomplish this is by using search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. These approaches use strategies including content refinement, link building, and keyword research to increase a website's exposure on search engine results pages. However, it's critical to recognize that SEO is a continuous process rather than a onetime event. Maintaining good search engine rankings and sustaining the profitability of your online business requires consistent attention and work. By optimizing your website carefully, you may increase its visibility in search results, draw in more visitors, and eventually promote business growth. Thus, it's critical to stick to your SEO tactics to maintain good search engine results and guarantee ongoing success for your online business.

Addressing Individual Differences through Blended Learning: A Perspective Article

Blended Learning, a unique and comprehensive approach that combines several learning environments, is designed to engage the learner fully in the education process. However, the current literature reveals different considerations on the potential disciplinary gap in blended learning utilization. This study, therefore, aims to explore and analyze this literature to develop a theory. The research is guided by two questions: Why should blended Learning be used? What activities, classroom or otherwise, would capture the interest of 21st-century learners? Blended Learning is based on the idea that Learning is ongoing, not a one-time event. It offers advantages over single learning methods. However, more than just combining methods is optional. The focus should be on learning outcomes, using the right technology for each person's style to teach the right skills at the right time.

Целесообразность применения цифровых трамваев на шинах в городах России

Objective: show the prospects of using an innovative type of public urban transport - a digital tram on tires with optical guidance along a strip marked on the road or using magnetic markers along the route, as attractive to passengers, cheaper in the arrangement of lines, as well as requiring less time to build than rail tram for urban transportation, allowing to relieve city roads from traffic jams and improve their ecology. Methods: an analysis and generalization of the operating experience of new digital trams built by the Chinese company CRRC, operated in the cities of China: Zhuzhou, Yibin, Yongxiu, Yancheng and Shanghai, as well as the most advanced designs of the operating rolling stock. Results: the operation of the tire tram revealed a number of problems: after a year of operation, severe rutting appeared on a dedicated lane of the road, speeds and capacity were lower than declared. The construction of new tire tram lines required costs for strengthening the roadway, which was not originally intended by the manufacturer. The possibility of their use in winter climate conditions on roads covered with ice and snow has not been proven. Further testing is required to identify and eliminate emerging deficiencies. Practical significance: despite a number of identified shortcomings, it is advisable to use a digital tire tram for cities with a warm climate, with complex terrain and narrow streets as a medium-capacity vehicle that can improve the mobility and quality of life of citizens, as well as reduce the negative impact on the environment. It is advisable to lay it in new residential areas and industrial zones under construction, as well as to use it for mass transportation of passengers in the event of any major one-time events: major exhibitions, forums, Olympic Games, world football championships, etc.

지역축제 발전 방향성 연구

Local festivals are reproduced or newly realized through various artistic expressions based on historical facts or geographical environment. These festivals based on localism provide a special experience for local residents and tourists, as well as an opportunity to raise pride in historical consciousness and traditional culture.
 To this end, events and performances for various experiences are an opportunity to awaken the interest and theme consciousness of the festival again. However, the reality of the local festival is that it is a onetime event in which the identity is lost due to the competitive overheating phenomenon or the unique meaning disappears. Now the festival is a space for education and learning to enjoy and learn in the space of simply enjoying amusement, and it is necessary to develop it into a complex community space where everyone can sympathize with the fusion of traditional culture and modern culture. To this end, it is necessary to find the possibility of development of traditional values of the region, to develop local customized contents using cultural heritage and artists, and to present various cultural products combined with tourism and festival contents through specialization projects considering regional connection.

Two-stage stochastic program for environmental resettlement decision-making

Large and irregular movements of forcibly displaced people are an escalating global issue today. As a result, forced displacement has become an international problem. It requires planning for the relocation and integration of displaced people. However, forced displacement is not a one-time event. On the contrary, it is an ongoing, long-term process with dynamic parameters. We are interested in the long-term displacement problem, especially for climate-driven cases in which people will be forced to leave uninhabitable regions to escape slow-onset climate change impacts. Creating an optimization model that could cover all the requirements and considerations of such a problem would encounter many challenges. Nonetheless, planning in advance for the upcoming climate-change-driven displacement crisis is critical. Unfortunately, this topic has not been explored sufficiently, especially in the operations research literature. To fill this gap, we focus on developing a mathematical model for the long-term relocation planning of people displaced due to climate change. In this model, uncertainty in demand is represented with various demand scenarios, demand and capacity are managed dynamically, and integration outcomes and related costs are optimized. Ultimately, the purpose of this paper is to provide decision-makers with an initial resource for preparing for upcoming movements under uncertainty. To this end, we propose a two-stage stochastic model to determine optimal flow and location decisions. We run this model under three different demand scenarios with and without considering societal impacts measured by diversity indicators. The results show how profoundly the uncertainty in demand and differences in our focus change the future steps that should be taken.

Impact of Teacher Professional Development on Student Learning at Secondary Level

Abstract: In this paper we discuss about a study on impact of teacher professional development on student learning at secondary level. In a world where teachers are required to become ‘high-level knowledge workers’, the emergence of the school as learning organization is vital. In this context, the aim of this systematic review was to explore what comprises effective professional development for educators: i.e. what forms of teacher professional development definitively lead to positive outcomes for students? The NEP-2020 provides for a comprehensive, sustainable and reformative roadmap for a paradigm shift in the entire education system in the country, and is culturally grounded, is geared toward quality transformation, and is internationally competitive. Teacher professional development involves a continuous process of reflection, learning and further a teacher’s knowledge and skills, leading to enhanced teaching practices that positively impact on student’s learning. A teacher training programme provides teachers with skills and current pedagogy practices to help them connect with, manage, and educate their students in a way that ensures all students are learning and benefiting. A teacher professional development provides teachers with technical help to educate them and further train them in specialized areas. It also provides them with an in-depth understanding of how teacher training affects student learning. When executed properly and with the appropriate material, teacher development programmes have the potential to develop teachers to the point where they can favorably affect students not just academically but also socially. Education is the cornerstone of societal development, and at the heart of education is the teacher-student dynamic. The role of teachers extends far beyond imparting knowledge; they shape young minds, inspire curiosity, and foster a love for learning. Teachers are an important element of the education system and play an important role in the effective development and implementation of educational policies. Teacher training is not a one-time event; it is an ongoing process that encourages continuous professional development. Educators who engage in regular training sessions stay abreast of the latest educational research, methodologies, and best practices. This commitment to lifelong learning ensures that teachers remain effective and adaptable throughout their careers, positively impacting student outcomes. Teachers may have a significant influence on students and push them to stay on track during their formative years. Students who see their teachers as role models achieve extraordinary results.

Designing a questionnaire with retrospective pre-post items: Format matters

Evaluators are frequently asked to evaluate educational interventions that are one-time events. The Retrospective Pretest (RPT) methodology is well suited for these circumstances and the evaluation literature is replete with discussions about the pros and cons of this approach. In RPT, program participants rate their attitudes or knowledge now, and also rate how they were before participation in the intervention. The difference between now and before ratings constitutes the measure of change. Little published literature exists about whether the layout of RPT items within the evaluation questionnaire yields different results. This study compared six different layouts using a sample of 1941 caregivers who participated in one of 96 training workshops. The layouts were compared on inattentiveness, unexpected decline in perceived knowledge, and the degree of before-now change. Findings show that design matters. The best performing layout is where items are placed in the center with before response options on the left of the page and the now response options on the right. Results point to the need for evaluators to pay attention to RPT layout, and for the field to establish criteria for assessing survey layout quality. The unexpectedly high rate of inattentiveness calls for evaluators to pay more attention identifying and addressing this in their survey data.

Promoting sustainable development in festivals through ritual revisions

This study takes a process-oriented approach to answer the research question: how may long-standing religious festivals promote sustainable development by modifying various ritual elements? The contribution of one-time events to overarching long-term sustainability goals may be hindered predominantly by their transitory nature. Based on a case study, this research examines a 400-year-old annual Hindu festival, Durga Puja, as a potential contributor to sustainable development. The data comprises online news articles on the Durga Puja published between 2002 and 2022 in the Indian daily, The Times of India. Based on a thematic data analysis, the research findings highlight three processual themes related to altering various ritual elements: artefacts, scripts, performance roles and audience. These themes include subverting the patriarchal, adopting a proactive approach to invitation and facilitation, and incorporating visual storytelling. The study’s findings have theoretical implications regarding the broader discussions on sustainability, such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the potential of festivals to contribute to them through ritual modifications. As such, festival organisers, policymakers and practitioners may find the study helpful in promoting sustainable development through ritual changes in festivals.

Does Ethnicity Affect Ever Migrating and the Number of Migrations? The Case of Indonesia

This paper is the first to examine to what extent ethnicity affects ever migrating and the number of migrations across the lifespan for the case of internal migration in Indonesia. We use all five waves of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) to study migration behaviour of respondents belonging to some of the largest ethnic groups in Indonesia. Our logistic regression results show that the Minangkabau, Betawi, Madurese, Balinese, Buginese and Makassarese, and Sasak, Bima and Dompu are less likely to ever migrate than the Javanese. Using only migrants and controlling for the first migration and other characteristics, truncated negative binomial regression results show that, in comparison with the Javanese, the Minangkabau and Banjarese have a higher expected number of migrations while the numbers are lower for the Betawi and Balinese. Thus, ethnicity contributes to ever migrating as well as the number of migrations, but we find that the differences between the ethnic groups diminish for the latter. These results also point out that a higher likelihood of ever migrating does not always correspond with a higher number of migrations, highlighting the importance of studying migration count to complement the study of migration as a one-time event.

The Impact of Non-Formal Educational Approach on the Academic Performance and Employability of Engineering and Computer Science Students

Education is no longer a one-time event due to the quick changes in the modern world, the diversity of knowledge it contains, and the ongoing need for personal growth. It turns into a dynamic process that happens all through life. The old curricula and systems of formal education are finding it difficult to keep up with the quick changes occurring in the field of computer science. Non-formal education is a solution to the requirements of the era and can be implemented through seminars, training camps and workshops. It could be additional activities like competitions or extracurricular learning. The aim for this study is to investigate the impact of the non-formal educational approaches on engineering and computer science students’ academic performance as well as their chances to obtain a job after graduation.

Keeping two balls in the air: The bleisure travel experience

This study examines bleisure travel across pre-trip, during, and post-trip phases. After interviewing 23 bleisure travelers, the study found that in the pre-travel phase, bleisure travelers had more complex planning and needed more coordination. Therefore, they were well-organized, futuristic, and competent in travel arrangements. During the travel, they sought ‘educational experiences’, ‘short-squeezed leisure plans’, ‘family and kids-oriented activities’, and preferred ‘not trying one-time events’. They used strategies such as ‘flexibility in travel arrangement’, ‘clarification of travel companions’, ‘mixing business and leisure activity’, and ‘remote work’ to balance the two travel purposes. Finally, in the post-trip phase, bleisure travelers described feeling ‘physically tired but mentally rejuvenated’ with a sense of being ‘free of the guilt’ of their absence from home.

Destined for success. Story of people awarded the Orzeł Targówka award in 2010–2017

The article presents the results of research on the story of people awarded the Orzeł Targówka award in 2010–2017. In addition to the winners, the research also involved the parents of the award winners, teachers, principals of the schools attended by the winners and the Education Authorities of the Targówek district of the capital city of Warsaw. Conversations with the winners of the Orzeł Targówka award allowed us to draw their lifelines, highlighting the factors that contributed to further success, as well as those that did not. Additionally, conversations with the parents of the award winners, teachers, school principals and the Education Authorities of the Targówek district allowed us to expand our knowledge about the organised competition. It also made it possible to indicate recurring patterns in the winners’ lives and to designate a group of people for whom the Orzeł Targówka award was the only prize, as well as a group for whom it was the beginning of a further string of successes.Based on the analyses, attention was drawn to three important facts:I. Resignation from social contacts with peers for 2 years.II. Support from significant others.III. The problem of meeting expectations.The above relationships show the need to monitor the student's situation after receiving a significant award. It is also worth paying attention to understanding the meaning of awards and considering them as a life perspective, not as a one-time event. Awarding then has educational meaning if it prepares the student to follow the path to success.

Voices in Silence

This paper explores the effects of hospitality rites and the co-creation of common spaces as a means to achieve transitional justice in Peru, 20 years after the 1980–⁠2000 internal armed conflict. It describes a tea ceremony in La Hoyada, a place used by the Army as a clandestine burial ground. A foreign act of hospitality breaks the temporality of the site; mindful actions create silence, and the voices of people are better heard. This work describes the development of an incipient methodology, an intimate language of presence, and how video recordings of participants’ testimonies captured the feelings arising in a one-time silent event.

Evaluation of a school health promotion program using the holistic WHO approach

Abstract Background A school health promotion program guided by the WHO approach is implemented in approximately 40% of public secondary schools in Lower Austria. Program advisors support participating schools in developing a systematic plan for the promotion of health and wellbeing of all students and teachers. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and identify potential areas for program optimization. Methods We applied a non-randomized controlled cluster trial with pre- and post-measurements (T0: October 2021 and T1: June 2022). We invited students, teachers and school principals of 30 program schools (PS) and 29 non-program schools (NPS) to fill in an online-questionnaire. We analyzed data of 2706 students, 451 teachers and 47 principals. Results The study showed that PS had established more favorable structures for school health promotion (HP) than NPS (e.g., established HP-team, financial resources setting objectives). Although PS implemented more HP activities than NPS (8.5 versus 6.3 activities), they merely took place as one-time events. At student level, an advantage for the PS over time was shown with respect to two out of 19 endpoints (subjective health status [b = 0.19, p < 0.001] and uptake of additionally offered physical activity lessons [b = 0.09; p = 0.04]). In two out of 19 endpoints, an advantage was also shown for the NPS (opportunities for physical activity during lessons and breaks [b = 0.06; p = 0.001], opportunities for participation [b = 0.20; p = 0.001]). At teacher level, in five out of 25 endpoints, the teachers of PS reported more favorable results than NPS’ teachers. Conclusions A supportive structure for school health promotion may be helpful for implementing more health promoting activities in schools. However, these activities do not seem to be profound enough to have an impact on the students. Teachers would need more support in implementing HP activities. Key messages • Structures for implementing health promoting activities are in place. • However, the implemented activities did only show limited effect on students.

The Development of a Rental Equipment Mobile Application for UiTM Shah Alam Malay and Bumiputera Students (Rent2U)

This project is regarding the development of a mobile application for rental equipment for UiTM Shah Alam Malay and Bumiputera students. The reason for the development of this project is to help the Malay and Bumiputera students to rent items and equipment they needed. Based on the previous study, most students in UiTM Shah Alam are those who have financial problems and came from a low-income family or household, known as B40. Therefore, this mobile application for rental equipment would be able to solve problems such as the inability in buying new items and belongings (or equipment). In some cases, students are required to have specific items to attend a one-time event without overspending and are unable to explore new hobbies due to financial limitations. As such, this project aims to develop an Android-based mobile application called Rent2U that can help UiTM Shah Alam students, especially those who come from a B40 family to rent items, and equipment they needed. The objectives of this project are to identify the requirements, to design and develop the equipment rental mobile applications for UiTM Shah Alam students. The chosen methodology for the development of this mobile application is Mobile Application Development Lifecycle (MADLC) and covered up until the testing phase only. The outcome of this project is the mobile application for rental equipment, which has features like geolocation to find nearby items and equipment for rentals, a search function to find items and equipment and push notifications to alert the users about the listings that have been created by them for rental. Hence, the significance of this project is that it can help the students in need to rent and lend items and equipment by providing them a platform to lend their belongings, and at the same time be able to rent items and equipment they like or need. For future enhancements, this application may include a variety of options for the users to pay such as online banking, and credit card, among others. In addition, this application may also include goods and equipment verification to avoid renting any dangerous items.