Leaping Into Real-World Relevance: An “Abduction” Process for Nonprofit Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Taylor ◽  
Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa ◽  
Anthony Arundel
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Abductive Reasoning ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Primary Method ◽  
Usable Knowledge ◽  
Heated Debate

Positioned in the midst of the heated debate about the production of relevant and usable knowledge for practitioners in the nonprofit sector and a serious shortage of high-impact research that speaks to practice, the purpose of this Research Note is to direct nonprofit scholarship toward embracing “abduction,” which is the initial creative stage in scientific inquiry that facilitates the formulation of testable explanatory hypotheses and makes new discoveries in a sensory and logically structured way. We use an emerging interest in social innovation by the nonprofit sector as an illustrative example to show the advantages of using abductive reasoning as the primary method of reasoning for discovering new knowledge of a nascent but vital phenomenon. The novel contribution of this Research Note lies in encouraging scholarship on the nonprofit sector to an applied “practice-led” research process that is intellectually relevant and has the potential to bridge the scholar–practice divide.

scholarly journals Blocking Effect of Demethylzeylasteral on the Interaction between Human ACE2 Protein and SARS-CoV-2 RBD Protein Discovered Using SPR Technology

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Zhi-Ling Zhu ◽  
Xiao-Dan Qiu ◽  
Shuo Wu ◽  
Yi-Tong Liu ◽  
Ting Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Strategy ◽  
Blocking Effect ◽  
Spike Protein ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Converting Enzyme ◽  
Primary Method ◽  
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Effective Drugs

The novel coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV) has been affecting global health since the end of 2019, and there is no sign that the epidemic is abating. Targeting the interaction between the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein and the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor is a promising therapeutic strategy. In this study, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was used as the primary method to screen a library of 960 compounds. A compound 02B05 (demethylzeylasteral, CAS number: 107316-88-1) that had high affinities for S-RBD and ACE2 was discovered, and binding affinities (KD, μM) of 02B05-ACE2 and 02B05-S-RBD were 1.736 and 1.039 μM, respectively. The results of a competition experiment showed that 02B05 could effectively block the binding of S-RBD to ACE2 protein. Furthermore, pseudovirus infection assay revealed that 02B05 could inhibit entry of SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus into 293T cells to a certain extent at nontoxic concentration. The compoundobtained in this study serve as references for the design of drugs which have potential in the treatment of COVID-19 and can thus accelerate the process of developing effective drugs to treat SARS-CoV-2 infections.

scholarly journals Design, Strategy, and Collaboration: a System an Alternative for Reusing Waste From the Bespoke Furniture Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
Viviane G. A. NUNES ◽  
Júlia S. ABRÃO
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Value Perception ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
The University

This work describes the proposal of a collaborative inter-organizational network involving different actors operating as a group. The aim was to reuse the waste generated by the custom-made furniture sector, which is very relevant in Brazil. The presented scenario is the city of Uberlandia/MG/Brazil, a medium-sized city, which produces about 30.000m3/year of furniture production waste. The proposed collaborative network involves a furniture micro-enterprise, a primary public school, and a federal University, with the coordination of the last one, linked by design concepts. The theoretical references are based on the building of inter-organizational collaborative networks, Strategic Design, and Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability. The research methodology was based on an action-research process, and the methods were divided into a literature review, case studies, data collection and the development of new and small products. The obtained results are related to the value perception of collaboration among actors and the importance of continuous social innovation practices but also of technological ones. This confirms the feasibility of absorption of new practices into the daily operations both in the microenterprise and the public school as well within the university, as a way of increasing the positive impacts coming from these initiatives and a chance of scaling up the project.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and ethnic-oriented shopping

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed El Boujjoufi ◽  
Ahmed Mustafa ◽  
Oualid Benkorichi ◽  
Jacques Teller
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Home Delivery ◽  
Research Note ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Consumer Survey ◽  
Daily Pattern ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

<p>The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) impacted daily life for residents of the majority of countries worldwide. In this this research note, we explore how the pandemic is changing religious-oriented shopping with a focus on Muslim shopping. While supermarkets provided online shopping and home delivery services, Islamic store, as small business, could not opt for such services in Belgium and many other countries. Therefore, we designed and conducted a consumer survey with a special target of Muslim shoppers between April 27 and May 6 2020 in all Belgium regions. We found that despite stay-at-home directives that is effective since early March 2020, Muslims are still leaving their homes to buy Islamic groceries “Halal”. Most importantly, the daily pattern of shopping has significantly been changed, which helped in reducing the density of shoppers in the stores. </p>

scholarly journals Analisis Formula dalam Novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas Karya J. S. Khairen: Kajian Formula Sastra Populer

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Baiq Hikmalia Trisna ◽  
Johan Mahyudi ◽  
Muhammad Khairussibyan
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Popular Novel ◽  
Language Styles

Abstrak: Novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas merupakan salah satu novel populer dengan judul yang tampak serius dan belum pernah ada penelitian atas novel tersebut. Belum adanya penelitian atas novel tersebut menginisiasi hadirnya sebuah penelitian yang berjudul Analisis Formula dalam Novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas Karya J. S Khairen: Kajian Formula Sastra Populer. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis formula unsur intrinsik yang terdapat dalam novel dan mendeskripsikan bagaimana formula tersebut mempengaruhi popularitas novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas. Teori yang digunakan untuk mendukung proses penelitian adalah teori formula. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Artinya, data-data kualitatif yang telah dikumpulkan melalui studi pustaka dan teknik catat dijabarkan secara deskriptif. Objek penelitian sekaligus yang menjadi sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas. Adapun tahapan analisis data dalam penelitian dilakukan dengan cara membaca novel dengan saksama dan menyeluruh, mencatat hal-hal yang dianggap penting, mengklasifikasikan isi novel berdasarkan formula unsur intrinsik, memberikan penjelasan, dan menarik simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat empat formula unsur intrinsik dalam novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas yang menjadikan novel ini digemari oleh para pembaca sehingga termasuk ke dalam jajaran novel best seller di Indonesia. Formula unsur intrinsik tersebut antara lain tema, tokoh/penokohan, latar, dan gaya bahasa. Keempat formula dikemas secara kreatif sehingga tidak membosankan para pembaca ketika menikmati alur cerita yang disuguhkan dalam novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas. Abstract: The novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas is a popular novel with a little serious looking title and there has never been any research on the novel. The absence of research on the novel has initiated a study entitled Formula Analysis  in Novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas By J. S Khairen: Study Of Popular Literature Formula.  This study aims to analyze the intrinsic element contained in the novel and describe how this formula affects the popularity of the novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas. The theory used to support the research process is formula theory.  This research is a qualitative descriptive study.  This means that qualitative data that has been collected through literature studies and note taking techniques are described descriptively.  The object of research as well as the source of data in this research is the novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas. The stages of data analysis in research are carried out by read novels carefully and throughly, note things that are considered important, classify novel contents based on the intrinsic element formula, provide explanations, and draw conclusions.  The results show that there are four formulas of intrinsic elements in the novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas that have made this novel popular with readers so that it is included in the ranks of the best seller novels in Indonesia. The formulas for the intrinsic elements include themes, characters/characterizations, settings, and language styles. The four formulas are packaged creatively so that the readers don't get bored when enjoying the storylines presented in the novel Kami (Bukan) Sarjana Kertas.

scholarly journals Regime Type and COVID-19 Response

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Alon ◽  
Matthew Farrell ◽  
Shaomin Li
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Regime Type ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
The World ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

From late 2019 to the first half of 2020, the world has witnessed the epic spread and destruction of the novel coronavirus which was discovered in Wuhan, China. The huge number of infections and deaths caused by the virus, the collapse of the healthcare system and the economic consequences have few modern equivalents. While governments of all countries are responding to the pandemic, a heated debate rages about which political system, democracy versus authoritarian, is better positioned to respond to the pandemic. While the worldwide effort to contain the virus continues, we offer a preliminary comparison between democracies and authoritarian regimes in their responses to COVID-19, and policy suggestions for democracies to improve their governance and their ability to respond to crises.

War, Memory, and Politics: The Fate of the Film All Quiet on the Western Front

1980 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Modris Eksteins
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Great War ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Commercial Exploitation ◽  
Accurate Representation ◽  
War Memory ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
War Experience ◽  
The Great War

Within months of its publication in January 1929 Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) was the world's best-selling book. It provoked a feverish controversy between those who claimed that it was an accurate representation of the war experience of 1914–18, portraying the utter futility of war, and those who denounced it as propaganda and an irreverent commercial exploitation of the Great War. Ironically, despite the intended focus of this heated debate, both the novel and the response which it elicited were more an emotional expression of postwar disillusionment and distress than a contribution to the understanding of the actual war experience.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies in Networks of Non-Profit Organizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Malinsky
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Website Analysis ◽  
Different Parts

This thesis explores the recursive interaction among technology, human action and institutional properties in three networks of nonprofit organizations. The aims of the research are two-fold: to make a theoretical contibution to literature on organizations and technology by applying concepts of institutionalism and the structurational model of technology to a unique organizational form; and, to make a practical contribution to the nonprofit sector by improving knowledge of how networks of nonprofit organizations interact with information and communication technologies. The research process involved 13 interviews, 44 qualitative surveys and copious document and website analysis. The findings indicate that technology is not institutionalized uniformly within the network structures but instead comes to assume different roles within different parts of the networks. This leads to an extension of the structurational model of technology and also highlights the importance of flexible technologies that can be adapted to the variable circumstances of a single network structure.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies in Networks of Non-Profit Organizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Malinsky
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Website Analysis ◽  
Different Parts

This thesis explores the recursive interaction among technology, human action and institutional properties in three networks of nonprofit organizations. The aims of the research are two-fold: to make a theoretical contibution to literature on organizations and technology by applying concepts of institutionalism and the structurational model of technology to a unique organizational form; and, to make a practical contribution to the nonprofit sector by improving knowledge of how networks of nonprofit organizations interact with information and communication technologies. The research process involved 13 interviews, 44 qualitative surveys and copious document and website analysis. The findings indicate that technology is not institutionalized uniformly within the network structures but instead comes to assume different roles within different parts of the networks. This leads to an extension of the structurational model of technology and also highlights the importance of flexible technologies that can be adapted to the variable circumstances of a single network structure.

scholarly journals In-person schooling and COVID-19 transmission in Canada's three largest cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Bignami ◽  
Yacine Boujija ◽  
David Fisman ◽  
John Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
The Novel ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Observation Period

In North America and Europe, the Fall 2020 school term has coincided with the beginning of the second wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sparking a heated debate about the role of in-person schooling for community transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This issue has immediate policy relevance for deciding how to operate schools safely as the pandemic unfolds, new variants of SARS-CoV-2 are circulating, and immunization coverage remains low. We contribute to this debate by presenting data on trends in COVID-19 weekly incidence among school-aged children 0-19 years old vis-a-vis other age groups during Fall 2020 in Canada's three largest cities: Montreal, Toronto and Calgary. We interpret these trends in light of the different back-to-school policies and other public health measures implemented in the three cities over the observation period.

scholarly journals Ethical Issues with Using Internet of Things Devices in Citizen Science Research: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Scheibner ◽  
Anna Jobin ◽  
Effy Vayena
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Review Protocol

Digital innovation is ever more present and increasingly integrated into citizen science research. However, smartphones and other connected devices come with specific features and characteristics and, in consequence, raise particular ethical issues. This article addresses this important intersection of citizen science and the Internet of Things by focusing on how such ethical issues are communicated in scholarly literature. To answer this research question, this article presents a scoping review of published scientific studies or case studies of scientific studies that utilize both citizen scientists and Internet of Things devices. Specifically, this scoping review protocol retrieved studies where the authors had included at least a short discussion of the ethical issues encountered during the research process. A full text analysis of relevant articles conducted inductively and deductively identified three main categories of ethical issues being communicated: autonomy and data privacy, data quality, and intellectual property. Based on these categories, this review offers an overview of the legal and social innovation implications raised. This review also provides recommendations for researchers who wish to innovatively integrate citizen scientists and Internet of Things devices into their research based on the strategies researchers took to resolve these ethical issues.

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