scholarly journals Disease Threat and the Functional Flexibility of Ingroup Derogation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Wu ◽  
Shuang Yang ◽  
Ping Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Functional Flexibility

State policy of maintaining the innovative forms of employment in the context of the economy digitalization

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Olha Mulska ◽  
Olha Levytska ◽  
Valentyna Kutsyk
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Methods Of Synthesis ◽  
Information And Communication

The purpose of the study is to analyze current trends in the evolution of forms of employment under the influence of the economy digitalization, as well as to substantiate the directions and means of public policy to regulate the conditions of effective employment in the new realities. Methods of synthesis and system analysis, groupings, logical analysis, strategic management, and system analysis were used in the research. The most significant characteristics of the sphere of employment in the conditions of the economy digitalization, in particular quantitative flexibility, functional flexibility, and space-time flexibility, are defined. The spheres of economy in which new professions are most in demand in Ukraine in the conditions of development of digitalization processes of the national economy are identified, in particular information and communication technologies, biotechnologies, medicine, energy, and its accumulation, power networks and energy consumption management, transport, especially water and air transport, education, and ecology. The directions, spheres, branches, and concrete sub-branches where new professions are in demand in the conditions of the economy digitalization are defined. The paper emphasizes the leading role of the information and communication technology sector, the development of which largely determines the emergence of new professions. The paper provides the conclusion that in this situation the new forms of employment cover great innovative potential, as well as shadow aspects (informal agreements), which exacerbate the problem of insufficient filling of social funds and reduction of tax revenues to the state budget. The priorities of effective employment policy in Ukraine in the global digitalization of economic relations are outlined based on the principles of flexicurity, best practices, and implementation of innovative solutions in building mutually beneficial and socially responsible relations between employer and employee.

scholarly journals Apparatus architecture and allometry: the keys to conodont element function?

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 239-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Purnell
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Differentiation ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Evolutionary Patterns ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Filtering Function ◽  
Element Function ◽  
Element Series

Much effort has been expended in determining the geological utility of conodont elements; little has been spent on determining their usefulness to the conodont animal. Most conodonts had an apparatus made up of a number of morphologically distinct, complex elements. Such apparatuses were borne by members of the Ozarkodinida, Prioniodinida, and Prioniodontida, together accommodating ~75 percent of known conodont genera.The ozarkodinid apparatus consisted of an anterior battery of S and M elements behind which lay opposed pairs of Pb and Pa elements. Debate over its function has centered on two main hypotheses. These have considered the apparatus either as a filter feeding system, or as teeth. Ontogenetic analysis reveals that ozarkodinid apparatus growth was incompatible with a filtering function. The rate of increase in size of the S and M elements (the postulated filtering system) was insufficient to have met the increasing food requirements of the growing animal.Like the apparatus of ozarkodinids, that of prioniodinids was differentiated into an anterior S and M element series and posterior, paired Pa and Pb elements. Despite these similarities in element arrangement, the prioniodinid apparatus does not exhibit the same degree of morphological differentiation as that of ozarkodinids. The Pa and Pb elements were probably involved in swallowing rather than cutting and grinding food.The prioniodontid apparatus is poorly known but it is clear that although the morphology of elements is comparable to ozarkodinids, their arrangement in the apparatus was markedly different. Until the architecture of the apparatus has been determined, it's mode of function can only be guessed at. Preliminary knowledge of the apparatus, however, suggests that it operated differently to those of ozarkodinids and prioniodinids.Understanding of the function of conodont elements requires that their morphology is studied within the context of an integrated multielement apparatus. There is substantial variation in apparatus composition and differentiation, and element morphology between clades. This variation undoubtedly reflects, to a large extent, differences in apparatus adaptability and versatility, functional flexibility, and food specificity; all factors that in other groups have had a major influence on evolutionary patterns.

scholarly journals ‘Where’ Questions and Their Responses in Duna (Papua New Guinea)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lila San Roque
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Direct Reference ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
Frequency Function ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Question Formation

AbstractDespite their central role in question formation, content interrogatives in spontaneous conversation remain relatively under-explored cross-linguistically. This paper outlines the structure of ‘where’ expressions in Duna, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea, and examines where-questions in a small Duna data set in terms of their frequency, function, and the responses they elicit. Questions that ask ‘where?’ have been identified as a useful tool in studying the language of space and place, and, in the Duna case and elsewhere, show high frequency and functional flexibility. Although where-questions formulate place as an information gap, they are not always answered through direct reference to canonical places. While some question types may be especially “socially costly” (Levinson 2012), asking ‘where’ perhaps provides a relatively innocuous way of bringing a particular event or situation into focus.

Campus management process dynamics – Finnish and Australian practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelis Rytkönen ◽  
Christopher Heywood ◽  
Suvi Nenonen
Keyword(s):  
Management Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Process Dynamics ◽  
User Behaviors ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
User Communities ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to outline campus management process dynamics that are affected by glocalization, changing funding structures and digitalization, and answer: How do glocalization, changing funding structures and digitalization challenge university campus management? and What implications do the challenges have on campus management processes? Design/methodology/approach Literature overview discusses how glocalization, changing funding structures and digitalization affect campus management. Empirical part explores how these forces affect management processes through 36 interviews on multiple embedded cases in the main campuses of Aalto University in Finland and the University of Melbourne in Australia. Findings Major challenges include future foresight, institutional sharing, economical paucity and functional flexibility. Heterogeneous user behaviors challenge absolute spatial measures as bases for designing learning and working environments. Finding a balance between long-haul portfolio maintenance for the university and future users and short-haul flexible pilots for the current user communities is crucial. Research limitations/implications The results derive from interviews of 36 campus management professionals from two campus management organizations limiting the validity and the reliability of the study. Further studies should be conducted by replicating the study in another context, by interviewing end users and clients and by investigating case investments and impacts over time. Practical implications Campus managers can answer the challenges through practical applications such as big data collection and sharing in physical environments, integrated service provision to thematic communities, cross-pollination of user communities and open access to information and infrastructure services. Originality/value This paper provides insights and tools to strategic alignment by comparing campus management of two fundamentally different systems in the context of higher education and on-going digitalization.

scholarly journals Functional flexibility of infant vocalization and the emergence of language

2013 ◽  
Vol 110 (16) ◽  
pp. 6318-6323 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. K. Oller ◽  
E. H. Buder ◽  
H. L. Ramsdell ◽  
A. S. Warlaumont ◽  
L. Chorna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Infant Vocalization

Human resources flexibility as a mediating mechanism between high-performance work systems and organizational performance: a multilevel quasi-longitudinal study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia A. Katou
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Behavioural Flexibility ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performance Work Systems ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of high-performance work systems (HPWS) on organizational performance through the mediating role of human resources (HR) flexibility (expressed by functional flexibility, skills malleability and behavioural flexibility).Design/methodology/approachThe study examines theoretical relationships in the Greek context, which reflects changing economic and financial crisis, based on multilevel structural equation modelling estimation, using three waves of sample data collected in years 2014, 2016 and 2018 from organizations operating in the private sector.FindingsThe study finds that although HPWS positively influences all three HR flexibility dimensions, this positive effect is not transferred equally to organizational performance. The dominant effect on organizational performance is attributed to skills malleability, a smaller effect to behavioural flexibility and a negligible effect to functional flexibility.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the data collected refer to three different years, most of the companies and individuals responded to sampling were different. As such, the study does not allow for dynamic causal inferences due to its quasi-longitudinal nature.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study may influence managerial decisions in developing bundles of HPWS policies and practices in relation to HR flexibility attributes.Originality/valueSince most studies consider HR flexibility as an aggregated construct, this study is possibly one of the very few studies that is examining the differential impact of the HR flexibility dimensions on organizational performance in turbulent times.

How to unleash innovative work behavior of SMEs' workers through knowledge sharing? Accessing functional flexibility as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽  
Zahid Yousaf ◽  
Muhammad Yasir ◽  
Muhammad Sharif ◽  
Muhammad Hamid Nasir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Small Medium Enterprises

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the direct impact of knowledge sharing (KS) and functional flexibility (FF) on innovative work behavior (IWB) of small medium enterprises (SME’s) employees. This study also observes the mediating role of FF in the connection between KS and IWB.Design/methodology/approachThis study adapted a quantitative methodology and used the cross-sectional data. Data were collected from the 751 workers of SMEs to validate the mediation model.FindingsResults reveal that KS and FF significantly affect IWB in SME’s workers. The findings also reveal that FF acts as a mediator between KS and IWB link.Originality/valueThe live experience of currently working employees shows that IWB is dependent of employees' KS and FF. Moreover, this study contributed to the streams of knowledge management and organizational innovation perspective by emphasizing upon the mediating mechanism of FF.

scholarly journals The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Regulation of the Biological Activity of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors: Implications for Physiology and Pathophysiology

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward W. Hillhouse ◽  
Dimitris K. Grammatopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activity ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Hormone Receptors ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Tissue Specific ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Biological Responses ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Impact

The CRH receptor (CRH-R) is a member of the secretin family of G protein-coupled receptors. Wide expression of CRH-Rs in the central nervous system and periphery ensures that their cognate agonists, the family of CRH-like peptides, are capable of exerting a wide spectrum of actions that underpin their critical role in integrating the stress response and coordinating the activity of fundamental physiological functions, such as the regulation of the cardiovascular system, energy balance, and homeostasis. Two types of mammal CRH-R exist, CRH-R1 and CRH-R2, each with unique splicing patterns and remarkably distinct pharmacological properties, but similar signaling properties, probably reflecting their distinct and sometimes contrasting biological functions. The regulation of CRH-R expression and activity is not fully elucidated, and we only now begin to fully understand the impact on mammalian pathophysiology. The focus of this review is the current and evolving understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling CRH-R biological activity and functional flexibility. This shows notable tissue-specific characteristics, highlighted by their ability to couple to distinct G proteins and activate tissue-specific signaling cascades. The type of activating agonist, receptor, and target cell appears to play a major role in determining the overall signaling and biological responses in health and disease.

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