scholarly journals Infrastructure governance for the Anthropocene

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Chester ◽  
Thaddeus Miller ◽  
Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Leadership Strategy ◽  
Barriers To Change ◽  
Stability And Instability ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Ad Hoc Teams

Transitioning infrastructure governance for accelerating, increasingly uncertain, and increasingly complex environments is paramount for ensuring that critical and basic services are met during times of stability and instability. Yet the bureaucratic structures that dominate infrastructure organizations and their capacity to respond to increasing complexity remain poorly understood. To change infrastructure governance, it is critical to understand current conditions, the barriers to change, and the strategies needed to shift priorities and leadership strategy. The emergence of modern infrastructure bureaucratic and organizational structure is first explored. The need to rethink infrastructure as knowledge enterprises capable of making sense of changing conditions, and not simply as basic service providers, is discussed. Next, transformation of infrastructure governance is presented as both a challenge of organizational change as identity and power and leadership capacity to shift between stable and unstable conditions. Infrastructure bureaucracies should create capabilities to shift between periods of stability and instability, emphasizing flexibility where ad hoc teams are given power to make sense of changing conditions and steer the organization appropriately. Additionally, several critical factors must be addressed within organizational power structures, identities, and processes to facilitate change. Allowing infrastructure governance to persist in its current form is likely increasingly problematic for the future and may result in an increasing inability to maintain relevance.

Commons consent

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 570-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Storey
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Learning Commons ◽  
Prime Movers

Purpose – Constructing academic library learning spaces involves ad hoc groups of agents often with fuzzy inter-relationships. Librarians and their user communities are initially hailed within these groups as prime-movers in realizing projects. Librarians bring to the table contagious ideas generated from their own profession in the hope of securing appropriate funding and planning pre-requisites. All other agents, be they internal community representatives or external architects, assist them in making sense of each other’s standpoints to co-create dynamic learning spaces in “commons consent”. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Using the community culture in The Chinese University of Hong Kong as existed in 2012 as a case study, this paper examines the reality of this process in terms of a new library for learning, teaching and research. Findings – Can librarians hold sway over the priorities of other individual agents, particularly architects, to gain consent to build their initial concept of the commons which they are vigorously promoting as professionally valid and educationally potent? In the co-creation of a building, individual preferences and organizational power structures in ad hoc groups drawn from the university’s distinct cultural environment fuel compromise and even tension around the librarians’ and architects’ original visions. Research limitations/implications – Many other case studies of library building learning commons projects would be useful to add to these findings in sensemaking, co-creation and community cultures. Practical implications – Assists library managers in their management of large buildings projects. Originality/value – An original case study of a major Asian academic library learning commons project which involves sensemaking, co-creation and community cultures ideas imported from construction science.

Analysis of Learning Techniques for Performance Prediction in Mobile Adhoc Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. IS-46-IS-53
Author(s):  
Yusuf Durachman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Network ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
Mobile Adhoc Networks ◽  
Network Bandwidth ◽  
Adhoc Networks ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc

Current advancements in cellular technologies and computing have provided the basis for the unparalleled exponential development of mobile networking and software availability and quality combined with multiple systems or network software. Using wireless technologies and mobile ad-hoc networks, such systems and technology interact and collect information. To achieve the Quality of Service (QoS) criteria, the growing concern in wireless network performance and the availability of mobile users would support a significant rise in wireless applications. Predicting the mobility of wireless users and systems performs an important role in the effective strategic decision making of wireless network bandwidth service providers. Furthermore, related to the defect-proneness, self-organization, and mobility aspect of such networks, new architecture problems occur. This paper proposes to predict and simulate the mobility of specific nodes on a mobile ad-hoc network, gradient boosting devices defined for the system will help. The proposed model not just to outperform previous mobility prediction models using simulated and real-world mobility instances, but provides better predictive accuracy by an enormous margin. The accuracy obtained helps the suggested mobility indicator in Mobile Adhoc Networks to increase the average level of performance.

scholarly journals Towards a circumplex typology of customer service experience management practices: a dyadic perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasin Sahhar ◽  
Raymond Loohuis ◽  
Jörg Henseler
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Customer Journey ◽  
Service Experience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Five Phases

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify the practices used by service providers to manage the customer service experience (CSE) across multiple phases of the customer journey in a business-to-business (B2B) setting.Design/methodology/approachThis study comprises an ethnography that investigates in real time, from a dyadic perspective, and the CSE management practices at two service providers operating in knowledge-intensive service industries over a period of eight months. Analytically, the study concentrates on critical events that occurred in phases of the customer journey that in some way alter CSE, thus making it necessary for service providers to act to keep their customers satisfied.FindingsThe study uncovers four types of service provider practices that vary based on the mode of organization (ad hoc or regular) and the mode of engagement (reactive or proactive) and based on whether they restore or bolster CSE, including the recurrence of these practices in the customer journey. These practices are conveniently presented in a circumplex typology of CSE management across five phases in the customer journey.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper advances the research in CSE management throughout the customer journey in the B2B context by showing that CSE management is dynamic, recurrent and multifaceted in the sense that it requires different modes of organization and engagement, notably during interaction with customers, in different phases of the customer journey.Practical implicationsThe circumplex typology acts as a tool for service providers, helping them to redesign their CSE management practices in ongoing service and dialogical processes to keep their customers more engaged and satisfied.Originality/valueThis paper is the first to infuse a dyadic stance into the ongoing discussion of CSE management practices in B2B, in which studies to date have deployed only provider or customer perspectives. In proposing a microlevel view, the study identifies service providers' CSE management practices in multiple customer journey phases, especially when the situation becomes critical.

scholarly journals Politics overwhelms science in the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from the whole coverage of the Italian quality newspapers

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252034
Author(s):  
Stefano Crabu ◽  
Paolo Giardullo ◽  
Andrea Sciandra ◽  
Federico Neresini
Keyword(s):  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Stochastic Gradient Descent ◽  
The Public ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Experts ◽  
Science And Politics ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Media Narratives

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has emerged as one of the most dramatic health crises of recent decades. This paper treats mainstream news about the current pandemic as a valuable entry point for analyzing the relationship between science and politics in the public sphere, where the outbreak must be both understood and confronted through appropriate public-health policy decisions. In doing so, the paper aims to examine which actors, institutions, and experts dominate the SARS-CoV-2 media narratives, with particular attention to the roles of political, medical, and scientific actors and institutions within the pandemic crisis. The study relies on a large dataset consisting of all SARS-CoV-2 articles published by eight major Italian national newspapers between January 1, 2020 and June 15, 2020. These articles underwent a quantitative analysis based on a topic modeling technique. The topic modeling outputs were further analyzed by innovatively combining ad-hoc metrics and a classifier based on the stacking ensemble method (combining regularized logistic regression and linear stochastic gradient descent) for quantifying scientific salience. This enabled the identification of relevant topics and the analysis of the roles that different actors and institutions engaged in making sense of the pandemic. The results show how the health emergency has been addressed primarily in terms of political regulation and concerns and only marginally as a scientific matter. Hence, science has been overwhelmed by politics, which, in media narratives, exerts a moral as well as regulatory authority. Media narratives exclude neither scientific issues nor scientific experts; rather, they configure them as a subsidiary body of knowledge and expertise to be mobilized as an ancillary, impersonal institution useful for legitimizing the expansion of political jurisdiction over the governance of the emergency.

scholarly journals RESEARCH OF CLOUDY TECHNOLOGIES AS А SERVICES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Tetyana Smirnova ◽  
Liudmyla Polishchuk ◽  
Oleksii Smirnov ◽  
Kostiantyn Buravchenko ◽  
Andrii Makevnin
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Durability Design ◽  
Physical Prototype ◽  
Extended Analysis ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Cloud Technologies

In order to determine the basic conditions for further research to identify threats to cloud technologies and measures for their counteraction, the article provides an extended analysis of cloud computing as a service. Among the above services, the basic services IaaS, SaaS, PaaS are selected, which are the basis for the existence of more unified services (CaaS, MCaS, DaaS, FaaS, IPaaS, MBaaS, NaaS, SeCaa, DBaaS, MaaS, DBaaS, MaaS, DBaaS, MaaS that increase the scope. Listed are possible service providers, including Ukrainian. It is determined that in order to transfer the work of systems of engineering calculations and computer-aided design (CAD) systems to a cloud platform, a rather new promising service CAEaaS (Cоmputеr Аidеd Еnginееrіng аs а Sеrvіcе) – computer engineering systems as a service. The most popular SAEs are used in the following industries: mechanical engineering and machine tools, defense and aerospace, energy, shipbuilding, semiconductor production, telecommunications, chemical, pharmaceutical and medical industry, construction, production of heating, air conditioning, ventilation. The success of a project decision depends on the awareness of responsible choice in the very first stage. Unfortunately, in support of the CAEaaS cloud service, Ukraine is only making the first steps and can provide the technological needs of enterprises, provided the involvement of foreign suppliers. According to the authors of the article, the future of the Ukrainian industry according to the cloud service SAEaS. Because CAE helps reduce the cost and time of product development, improve product quality and durability. Design decisions can be made based on their impact on performance. Designs can be evaluated and refined using computer modeling rather than physical prototype testing, saving money and time. This article is the basis for further research on the identification of threats to cloud technologies and their response.

4PL Intermediation

2017 ◽  
pp. 64-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nejib Fattam ◽  
Gilles Paché
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Fourth Party Logistics ◽  
Major Criterion ◽  
Relief Operations

The 2000s have seen the increased development of a different type of logistics service providers known as fourth party logistics (4PL) service providers. Those providers are now very involved in the short-term “transient” logistics needed by large retailers to organize the supply chain for some of their promotional activities that only last few days, or NGO to organize efficient relief operations after a disaster. Hence, 4PL firms can be considered dynamic assemblers of logistical resources they capture from partners in order to satisfy clients. A major criterion required for a successful 4PL intermediation is trust, as key element of social capital, and this chapter discusses the importance of trust in the efficient operations of this transient or ad hoc relationship between the 4PL and the client.

Hybrid Trust Structure in Self-Organizing Networks

2011 ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Tong Zhou ◽  
Lein Harn
Keyword(s):  
Service Provider ◽  
Trust Management ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Traditional Service ◽  
Web Of Trust ◽  
Hierarchical Management ◽  
Self Organizing

A traditional service provider of telecommunications is recognized as an authority which is trusted by the subscribers and the public. Ad hoc and Peer to Peer (P2P) networks have demonstrated advantages that service provider controlled networks lack, and they also exhibit self-organizing behaviors. A pure self-organizing network does not rely on any hierarchical management. Instead, it utilizes a web of trust for security. Its trust management is complicated and varies from node to node. In this article, we discuss a hybrid trust structure that leverages the involvement of an authority in a self-organizing network to increase trust levels between disconnected small-worlds. The new model will help service providers design more robust and innovative solutions for next generation networks and applications. [Article copies are available for purchase from InfoSci-on-Demand.com]

Observation-Based Trust Management for Services in Mobile Networks

2010 ◽  
pp. 309-331
Author(s):  
André Paul ◽  
Carsten Jacob ◽  
Heiko Pfeffer ◽  
Stephan Steglich
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Trust Management ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
Quality Perceptions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Service Behavior

The growing availability of well-equipped handheld devices and the increasing mobility of users influence the way today’s services can be used. In the future, services provided by different devices can be used on an ad-hoc basis to fulfill user-specified tasks. This chapter proposes an infrastructure for mobile networks that allows for the rating of nodes with respect to their provided functionalities. Thus, it is possible to create reputation relationships and trust assessments between service requesters and service providers. One means for making use of trust relationships is in the reduction and the prevention of interactions with misbehaving or inaccurate nodes. The authors’ work also factors in the subjectivity of users by allowing different service quality perceptions for each user. Thus, each user can base his or her cooperation behavior on their own service behavior preferences instead on the aggregated preferences of all users.

International Environmental Law-Making1

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat H. Desai
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
Scientific Uncertainty ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Political Realities ◽  
Law Making

The article seeks to make a modest effort in making sense of the international environmental law-making process. It comprises the subtle normative process currently at work, including ‘global conferencing’ technique resorted to by the UN General Assembly, how it draws upon the basic legal underpinnings of international law, the unique treaty-making enterprise at work, and what this enormous legal churning process portends for the protection of the global environment at this critical time of perplexity in the Anthropocene epoch. It calls for taking serious cognizance of mass destruction of plant and animal species, heavy pollution of fresh water resources, choking of the oceans with plastic and other litter, and alteration of the atmosphere, among other lasting impacts that imperil our only abode Earth. International environmental law-making process is ad hoc and piecemeal and is generally understood to be the product of a lack of a single, central specialized institution having expertise on the subject, scientific uncertainty on many environmental issues, and the hard-headed economic interests of sovereign states. Still, the international environmental law-making process with its inherent resilience could possibly be able to adapt to the vagaries of scientific assessments and the political realities of in the future.

scholarly journals P073: Emergency department trauma team in situ simulations at an urban, academic centre to improve team communication and detect latent safety threats

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S90-S91
Author(s):  
N. Kester-Greene ◽  
L. Notario ◽  
H. Heipel ◽  
L. DaLuz ◽  
A. Nathens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trauma Patient ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Trauma Team ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Team Communication ◽  
Interprofessional Communication ◽  
In Situ Simulation ◽  
Ad Hoc Teams

Innovation Concept: Effective communication for ad hoc teams is critical to successful management of multisystem trauma patients, to improve situational awareness and to mitigate risk of error. OBJECTIVES 1. Improve communication of ad hoc teams. 2. Identify system gaps. INNOVATION Team in situ simulations provide a unique opportunity to practice communication and assess systems in the real environment. Our trauma team consists of residents and staff from emergency services, general surgery, orthopedics, anaesthesia, nursing and respiratory therapy. Methods: A team of subject matter experts (SME's) from trauma, nursing, emergency medicine and simulation co-developed curriculum in response to a needs assessment that identified gaps in systems and team communication. The simulation occurred in the actual trauma bay. The on-call trauma team was paged and expected to manage a simulated multisystem trauma patient. Once the team arrived, they participated in a briefing, manikin-based simulation and a communication and system focused debriefing. Curriculum, Tool, or Material: Monthly scenarios consisted of management of a blunt trauma patient, emergency airway and massive hemorrhage protocol. Teams were assessed on communication skills and timeliness of interventions. Debriefing consisted of identification of system gaps and latent safety threats. Feedback was given by each discipline followed by SME's. Information was gathered from participant evaluations (5-point Likert scale and open ended questions) and group debrief. Feedback was themed and actions taken to co-create interventions to communication gaps and latent safety threats. As a result, cricothyroidotomy trays were standardized throughout the hospital to mitigate confusion, time delay and unfamiliarity during difficult airway interventions. Participants felt the exercise was an effective means of practicing interprofessional communication and role clarity, and improved their attitude towards the same. Conclusion: In situ simulation-based education with ad hoc trauma teams can improve interprofessional communication and identify latent safety threats for the management of multisystem trauma patients.

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