The model of regional social-economical system in condition of little forecasted external environment for informational advancing system (for example of Bryansk rigion)

- The organization of an economical system is based on a flux of energy and materials that receive from the external environment. In nature evolution move systems to a growing efficiency in circulating energy and materials to let them producing positive effects implementing the internal organization, to create new opportunities to move far from equilibrium, to create differences. But while natural systems operate cyclic processes, economical systems are linear, and using concentrated resources as input and producing wastes that spread in the environment in a way that make them no more reusable, as much it success in growth as much it approximate its end. From an energy life cycle analysis of a material used in an economical process we can see that is much more efficient reuse goods and recycle materials than incinerate them. For instance we study the case of a PET bottle to deduce that reusing 20 times a 50g PET bottle can save 5 times more energy than electricity produced by burning 20 one-use 25g bottles in an incinerator.

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Verification of Plastic Interactive Systems

i-com ◽

10.1515/icom-2015-0036 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Raquel Oliveira ◽

Sophie Dupuy-Chessa ◽

Gaëlle Calvary

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

User Interfaces ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Interactive Systems ◽

System Model ◽

Equivalence Checking ◽

The Past ◽

Different Levels ◽

Formal Techniques

AbstractInteractive systems have largely evolved over the past years. Nowadays, different users can interact with systems on different devices and in different environments. The user interfaces (UIs) are expected to cope with such variety. Plastic UIs have the capacity to adapt to changes in their context of use while preserving usability. Such capability enhances UIs, however, it adds complexity on them. We propose an approach to verifying interactive systems considering this adaptation capability of the UIs. The approach applies two formal techniques: model checking, to the verification of properties over the system model, and equivalence checking, to compare different versions of a UI, thereby identifying different levels of UI equivalence. We apply the approach to a case study in the nuclear power plant domain in which several UI are analyzed, properties are verified, and the level of equivalence between them is demonstrated.

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Does strategic planning help firms translate slack resources into better performance?

Journal of Management & Organization ◽

10.1017/jmo.2017.84 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 395-407 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jinyu Guo ◽

Bo Zhou ◽

Haili Zhang ◽

Chunjia Hu ◽

Michael Song

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

External Environment ◽

Organizational Slack ◽

Low Levels ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Performance Research ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Different Levels

AbstractIs organizational slack good or bad for firm performance? Research addressing this question has obtained mixed results. Such studies have focused mainly on the impact of environmental conditions on the slack–performance relationship. In this study, instead of focusing on the uncontrollable external environment, we consider actions determined by firms internally, in particular strategic planning. Using data from 183 US firms, we explore the connection between organizational slack and firm performance with different levels of strategic planning. The results suggest that at low levels of strategic planning the slack–performance relationship is linear, while at high levels of strategic planning this relationship is inverse U shaped. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

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TRADITIONAL FARMERS OR MODERN BUSINESSMEN? RELIGIOUS DIFFERENTIATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A KLEINE GEMEINDE MENNONITE COMMUNITY IN BELIZE

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1142/s1084946705000069 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 10 (01) ◽

pp. 65-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

CAREL ROESSINGH ◽

AMBER SCHOONDERWOERD

Keyword(s):

United States Of America ◽

Social Economic ◽

The United States ◽

Social Changes ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Commercial Agriculture ◽

The Social ◽

Economical System ◽

Cayo District ◽

Different Levels

This article addresses the religious and entrepreneurial differentiation within Spanish Lookout, a Mennonite community in the Cayo district in Belize, Central America. In spite of the fact that most Mennonites live more or less on the edge of society, they have been able to establish a strong and stable economic position within Belize, although the different communities show a clear variation when it comes to social as well as in economic activities. Since their migration from Mexico to Belize in 1958, the Mennonites of Spanish Lookout, one of the modern communities, have developed a more differentiated economical system with commercial agriculture and agribusiness. The Mennonites maintain a remarkable transnational network, which consists of Mennonite communities and organizations in countries like Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico. These networks introduce innovations on different levels: from modern or better machines, to religious and social changes. The influences from Mennonites outside Belize on the social-economic system of the Spanish Lookout Mennonites, along with the developments within the community, will be the main focus of this article.

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Pasture persistence: how much is it worth?

NZGA: Research and Practice Series ◽

10.33584/rps.15.2011.3213 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

pp. 3-6

Author(s):

R. Brazendale ◽

J.R. Bryant ◽

M.G. Lambert ◽

C.W. Holmes ◽

T.J. Fraser

Keyword(s):

Dry Matter ◽

Management Practices ◽

Dairy Farm ◽

Dairy Farms ◽

System Model ◽

Dry Matter Yield ◽

Farm Profitability ◽

Farm System ◽

The Impact ◽

Different Levels

The farm system model, Farmax Dairy Pro, was used to evaluate the impact of new pastures on dairy farm profitability, assuming a range of pasture yields and qualities, and different levels of persistence in the new pastures, which were established on 10% of the farm annually. Scenarios were tested for Waikato, Taranaki, Canterbury and Southland dairy farm systems. Assuming a $6.50/kg MS milk payment and a response to pasture renewal of 10% in dry matter yield and a 0.6 MJ ME/kg DM increase in quality, increasing persistence from 4 years up to 8 years was modelled to increase dairy farm profitability by $271/ha to $478/ha. Management practices, including selections of cultivars and endophytes, that improve pasture persistence are likely to increase dairy farm profitability. Keywords: dairy farms, modelling, pasture renewal, persistence

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INTELLECTUAL EVOLUTION SYSTEM OF SUPPORT OF DECISION-MAKING BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK AND IMMUNE APPROACHES

Transport development ◽

10.33082/td.2017.1-1.03 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 22-35

Author(s):

Н.М. КОРАБЛЕВ ◽

Д.Н. СОЛОВЬЕВ ◽

Р.Р. МАЛЮКОВ

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Decision Making ◽

Decision Support ◽

Support System ◽

Clonal Selection ◽

External Environment ◽

System Model ◽

Immune Network ◽

Evolution System ◽

The Neural Network

The article considers the model of the intellectual decision support system based on the neural network, the training and evolution of which are carried out using the immune approach. The evolution of the system is considered as the task of adapting it to the conditions for changing the external environment and the properties of the decision-making object, consisting of procedures for correcting the number of neurons in the hidden layers and the parameters of the system model using immune models for clonal selection and the immune network.

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Structure of the midgut epithelium in four diplopod species: histology, histochemistry and ultrastructure

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny ◽

10.3897/asp.79.e67022 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 79 ◽

pp. 295-308

Author(s):

Magdalena Maria Rost-Roszkowska ◽

Jitka Vilimová ◽

Karel Tajovský ◽

Vladimír Šustr ◽

Anna Ostróżka ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Digestive System ◽

External Environment ◽

Cell Ultrastructure ◽

Midgut Epithelium ◽

General Description ◽

Middle Region ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Regenerative Cells ◽

Structure And Ultrastructure ◽

Different Levels

Abstract The middle region of the digestive system of millipedes, the midgut, is responsible for all processes connected with digestion, but also takes part in homeostasis maintenance thanks to the ability to activate many mechanisms which neutralize changes occurring at different levels of the animal’s body. Numerous millipede species are treated as bioindicators of the natural environment and they are exposed to different stressors which originate from external environment. To obtain all data on the functioning of midgut of millipedes as the barrier against stressors, it is necessary to have a precise and general description of the midgut epithelium. Members from four millipede orders were selected for the studies: Polydesmus angustus (Polydesmida), Epibolus pulchripes (Spirobolida), Unciger transsilvanicus (Julida) and Glomeris tetrasticha (Glomerida). The structure and ultrastructure of their midgut epithelial cells (the digestive, secretory and regenerative cells) were documented using transmission electron microscopy and histochemical methods. The obtained results have been compared and discussed to previous ones, to present the general and structural organization of the midgut in Diplopoda. Our studies revealed that the ultrastructure of all cells which form the midgut epithelium in millipedes is general for all the species studied up to now and it resembles the cell ultrastructure observed in Chilopoda and Hexapoda, including the digestive, secretory and stem cells.

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TECHNOLOGIES OF IMAGE FORMATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF CIVIL SERVANTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS AND TYPES

Vestnik Universiteta ◽

10.26425/1816-4277-2020-8-25-32 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 25-32

Author(s):

T. A. Sergeeva ◽

I. A. Savchenko

Keyword(s):

Military Service ◽

External Environment ◽

Image Formation ◽

Civil Servant ◽

Civil Servants ◽

Internal Environment ◽

The Media ◽

Application Methods ◽

Popular Image ◽

Different Levels

The process of forming the image of a civil servant should be carried out in two directions: influencing the external environment – public opinion, using the media, and the internal environment – the formation of a personal image. The rationale for the need to form a stable positive image of a civil servant has been presented in the article. The most popular image formation technologies, their concepts, characteristics and goals, as well as their application methods have been considered. The use of image formation technologies has been studied on the example of Russian civil servants at the Federal and regional levels, as well as civil service and military service. The features of the direction in forming the image of each of these types have been analysed.

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METHODOLOGY OF CREATING STRATEGIC AND INVESTMENT PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Financial and credit activity problems of theory and practice ◽

10.18371/fcaptp.v4i39.241401 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (39) ◽

pp. 387-395

Author(s):

V. Pavlichenko ◽

O. Pavlichenko ◽

O. Borodiyenko ◽

Y. Malykhina

Keyword(s):

Strategic Management ◽

Educational Institution ◽

External Environment ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Investment Plan ◽

Strategic Initiatives ◽

The Future ◽

Strategic Goals ◽

Different Levels

Abstract. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the principles and present the author’s methodology for creating strategic and investment plans for the development of educational institutions. The theoretical significance of the article is that it is based on understanding the work of Ukrainian and foreign scientists, the authors’ own experience in strategic management of educational institutions of different levels, analysis of experience in creating strategic and investment development plans for 11 vocational schools in Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporozhye regions (which became possible due to support of UNDP in Ukraine) the principles of creating a strategic and investment plan for the development of educational institutions are substantiated; the author’s vision on the technology of strategic management of an educational institution is offered; the author’s methodology of creating a strategic and investment plan for the development of an educational institution is presented. The practical significance of the article is that the proposed principles, technologies, tools and methodology tested in educational institutions of different levels can be used in the process of developing strategic management of relevant institutions, in particular to create a document «Strategic and investment development plan of the educational institution». It is substantiated that in the process of creating a strategic and investment plan for the development of the educational institution it is advisable to adhere to certain principles that will involve all stakeholders, teaching staff, lay the foundation for coordinated work on its (plan) implementation. Such principles are the principle of predictability (vision of the strategic and investment plan for the development of the institution as a document that should not only contain strategic initiatives and operational objectives aimed at changing the current situation (in terms of management, quality, competitiveness, etc.), but to implement initiatives aimed at change in the future); optimality (the need to identify a number of such strategic initiatives, the implementation of which could most optimally determine the change in the future); hierarchy (structuring of strategic and investment plan as a hierarchy of strategic initiatives, strategic goals and operational objectives, in order to ensure and optimal achievement of planned strategic goals); responsibility (involvement of teaching and non teaching staff in the process of generating strategic initiatives for the development of the educational institution as well as encouraging them to take responsibility for their implementation); environmentality (taking into account the general context (external environment) in which the institution is operated, and which, in turn, determines the patterns and internal logic of this development). The author’s methodology of creating a strategic and investment plan for the development of the educational institution is proposed, which provides the stages of analysis of the external environment of the educational institution, institutional analysis, competitive analysis, formation of a 3D view on the educational institution, generation of strategic initiatives for the future. The peculiarities of using the nominal groups technique to generate strategic initiatives for the development of an educational institution are substantiated. Key words: strategic development, strategic management, educational institutions, institutions of professional (vocational) education, strategic and investment plan. JEL Classification I22, О43 Formulas: 0; fig.: 0; tabl.: 0; bibl.: 14.

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Interdisciplinary Natural Science Concepts and Modeling

Profession-oriented School ◽

10.12737/6652 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 55-60

Author(s):

Мансурова ◽

Svetlana Mansurova

Keyword(s):

Learning Outcomes ◽

System Model ◽

Scientific Concept ◽

Biological Processes ◽

Interdisciplinary Science ◽

Interdisciplinary Learning ◽

Physical Chemical ◽

General Scientific ◽

Science Concepts ◽

Different Levels

The article considers approaches to the study of interdisciplinary science concepts based on their modeling. The manifestation of integrative trends in education is shown, the concept of «interdisciplinary» is substantiated. methodological basis for identification of interdisciplinary science concepts of energy and matter is defined. General scientific concept of «model» is presented as a method of cognition, «modeling» as a general learning — symbolic of universal educational actions. the concept of «cognitive system» model is highlighted In relation to science education. It is proven that biological patterns having the physic-chemical basis, have heuristic potential for modeling interdisciplinary science concepts within a system of cognitive models. some models of physical-chemical-biological processes of transformation of matter and energy at different levels of the organization are presented. Approaches to modeling interdisciplinary science concepts are considered from the viewpoint of formation of interdisciplinary learning outcomes.

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