scholarly journals Front-Face Fluorescence of Honey of Different Botanic Origin: A Case Study from Tuscany (Italy)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Parri ◽  
Giulia Santinami ◽  
Valentina Domenici
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescence Spectra ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
Front Face ◽  
Fluorescence Study ◽  
Geographic Diversity ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Medicago Sativa L ◽  
Minor Compounds ◽  
Botanic Origin

Honey is a natural pure food produced by honeybees from the nectar of various plants, and its chemical composition includes carbohydrates, water, and some minor compounds, which are very important for honey quality and authentication. Most of honey’s minor components are related to the botanic origin, climate, and geographic diversity. In this work, we report an original case study on monofloral honey samples of twelve different botanic origins produced in Tuscany (Italy) based on the ‘semi-quantitative’ analysis of emission, excitation, and synchronous front-face fluorescence spectra. This is the first front-face fluorescence study of Italian honey samples and, to our knowledge, the first fluorescence investigation of honey from inula (Inula viscosa (L.) Aiton), marruca (Paliurus spina-christi Mill.), lavender (Lavandula L. 1753), sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.), arbutus (or strawberry tree) (Arbutus unedo L., 1753), and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) plants. Results obtained from fluorescence spectroscopy are discussed in terms of characteristic spectral emission profiles typical of honey of different botanic origins. Moreover, the spectral analysis based on the decomposition of the front-face fluorescence (FFF) spectra in terms of single main fluorophores’ components is here proposed to identify several minor compounds, such as amino acids, phenolic acids, vitamins, and other fluorescent bioactive molecules.

The Rapid Iterative Test and Evaluation Method (RITE)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Medlock
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Test And Evaluation ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter begins with a discussion of the philosophy and then definition of the RITE method. It then delves into the benefits of this method and provides practical notes on running RITE tests effectively. The chapter concludes with an overview of the original case study behind the 2002 article documenting this method.

Subsampling Herbarium Collections to Assess Geographic Diversity Gradients: A Case Study with Endemic Orchidaceae and Rubiaceae in Cameroon

Biotropica ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Droissart ◽  
Olivier J. Hardy ◽  
Bonaventure Sonké ◽  
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas ◽  
Tariq Stévart
Keyword(s):  
Diversity Gradients ◽  
Geographic Diversity ◽  
Herbarium Collections

Eleonora Duse: An Actress-Manager for the Italian Film Industry in the 1910s

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
Maria Pia Pagani
Keyword(s):  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
White Hair ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Italian Film

From a historiographical point of view, the Italian diva Eleonora Duse (1858–1924) as an actress-manager offers an original case study in relation to her only film performance in Cenere ( Ashes, 1916). This is a film adapted from the eponymous novel by Grazia Deledda (Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926). In the 1910s, when Duse decided to work in the Italian film industry, she was a celebrity and her name was a guarantee of success for the Ambrosio Company in Turin. The film producers wanted to use her celebrity in order to ensure success at the box office. As an actress-manager with a long and acclaimed international career in the theatre, Duse knew this mechanism very well, but her position was contrary to their expectations. In fact, she aimed to present herself as an anti-diva, with her wrinkle-furrowed face and white hair, proposing a fascinating artistic creation based on the ‘mother roles’ that she had created for the theatre. This paper explores new elements concerning the position of Duse as an actress-manager for the Italian film industry in the 1910s. It is focused on her strategy of reiterating her stage success in playing a mother. On film, she did not want to be an instrument used for commercial purposes, and she did not want to create a common popular diva film. With Cenere, Duse's capability as an actress-manager can be seen in her creation of this non-conventional, poetic role for the silent film industry in wartime Italy.

scholarly journals Sustaining Suburbia through New Urbanism: Toward Growing, Green, and Just Suburbs?

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Trudeau
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
New Urbanism ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Suburban Sprawl ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Original Case

This article examines the governance dynamics surrounding the development of sustainable neighborhoods in United States metropolitan contexts characterized as suburban sprawl. Drawing on original case study research of three distinct applications of New Urbanism design principles, the article argues for understanding the relative power of municipal authorities to incorporate social justice imperatives into the practice of sustainable development in suburban contexts. Moreover, key to prioritizing social imperatives is the way in which development processes respond to the “suburban ideal”, which is a view of suburbs as an exclusive bourgeois utopia that constrains the ability to connect so-called sustainable development with social justice. Case study research shows how deference to the suburban ideal limits sustainable development to embracing growth and greening interests only and peripheralizing or denying social justice. The article discusses how sustainable development endeavors can address such constraints in the effort to create alternatives to suburban sprawl that integrate the pursuit of social justice with environmental protection and economic growth.

Assessing the Performance of Decision Support Systems in Military Environment

2015 ◽  
pp. 45-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Fabrice Lebraty ◽  
Cécile Godé
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information System ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Extreme Environment ◽  
Is Success ◽  
Original Case ◽  
And Performance

This article explores the ability of a decision support system (DSS) to improve the quality of decision making in extreme environment. This DSS is actually based on a networked information system. Academic literature commonly mentions models of fit to explore the relationship between technology and performance, reckoning users' evaluations as a relevant measurement technique for Information System (IS) success. Although effective contributions have been achieved in measurement and exploration of fit, there have been few attempts to investigate the triangulation of fit between “Task-DSS-Decision Maker” under stressful and uncertain circumstances. This article provides new insights regarding the advantages provided by networked IS for making relevant decisions. An original case study has been conducted. It is focused on a networked decision support system called Link 16 that is used during aerial missions. This case study shows that the system improves decision making on an individual basis. Our result suggest the importance of three main fit criteria – Compliance, Complementarity and Conformity – to measure DSS performance under extreme environment and display a preliminary decisional fit model.

Using Systems Analysis and Dynamics to Evaluate Public Private Partnerships with Data and Best Practices from SAFER Santa Rosa

2015 ◽  
pp. 195-216
Author(s):  
Daniel Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Federal Organizations ◽  
Original Case

Public private partnerships have been gaining the interest of emergency management and security-related federal organizations. In 2010, the National Academies Press published a framework for resilience-focused private-public sector collaboration which may be the catalyst for how resilience-oriented public private partnerships are developed in the future (National Academies Press. 2010). Public private partnerships can be utilized to increase citizen awareness and preparedness, to address a specific need in a community, or to accomplish any other function that brings a community and government together. “Utilized correctly, a public private partnership is a win-win situation for all participants” (Hahn, 2010, p. 274). Although perceived as very successful, no prior systems analysis has been conducted on these partnerships. In this chapter, a successful public private partnership is evaluated using systems analysis techniques. Results of that analysis, along with details of the original case study and the public private partnership itself are presented.

North Cumbria and North East Transforming Care, transforming lives case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ursula Turner
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North East ◽  
Narrative Story ◽  
National Initiative ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Support Team ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how, as part of a national initiative led by NHS England and key partners, it is transforming lives by helping people with a learning disability, autism or both to live more independent and better quality lives in their own home rather than spending many years in hospital unnecessarily. Design/methodology/approach The methodology applied was to capture the real experience of a person with a learning disability, autism or both who successfully moved from long-term hospital care to home. This was achieved through developing a narrative story by capturing their experiences in their own words and the words of the individual’s support team who made this life changing event possible. Findings This story shows how with the right planning and support, people with a learning disability can live in their own homes, gain their independence and be supported to take risks. Originality/value This is an original case study that has not been published previously and has been written for the sole purpose of this journal.

Integrating collaborative governance theory with the Advocacy Coalition Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Koebele
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Advocacy Coalition Framework ◽  
Advocacy Coalition ◽  
Governance Theory ◽  
Governance Process ◽  
Original Case ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Governance Arrangements

AbstractAs collaborative governance processes continue to grow in popularity, practitioners and policy scholars alike can benefit from the development of methods to better analyse and evaluate them. This article develops one such method by demonstrating how collaborative governance theory can be integrated with the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to better explain coalition dynamics, policy-oriented learning and policy change in collaborative contexts. I offer three theoretical propositions that suggest alternate relationships among ACF variables under collaborative governance arrangements and illustrate these propositions using interview data from an original case study of a collaborative governance process in Colorado, USA. The integration of collaborative governance theory with the ACF improves its application in collaborative contexts and provides new theoretical insights into the study and practice of collaborative governance.

Evaluating Supply Chain Energy Use in a Smart Grid Paradigm

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amip J. Shah ◽  
Kiara Corrigan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Cost Structures ◽  
Energy Footprint ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
Geographic Diversity

A key paradigm shift resulting from the intersection of the information technology (IT) and utility sectors is the availability of real-time data regarding energy use across different industries. Historically, ascertaining the energy costs across the value chain of a given product or service was a laborious and expensive task, requiring many months of data collection; several proxies or approximations for cases where measured data might not be cost-effectively available; and even then, the resulting energy footprint could have significant uncertainty based on time-of-measurement, geographic diversity of manufacturing sites, etc. As dynamic energy pricing begins to take hold and environmental externalities begin to be priced into existing cost structures, the ability to optimize a given value chain for minimal energy use becomes increasingly attractive. In this paper, we discuss an approach for leveraging dynamically available data alongside historical n-tier supply chain models to avail the ability for such optimization. The approach is illustrated for the case study of a computer manufacturer, where we find that metering electricity use at a small subset of sites can allow for a reasonable estimate of the total energy use across the supply chain.

Differences in accounting treatment of Ijarah: a case study of UAE Islamic banks

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namrata Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Original Case ◽  
The Right

Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the accounting treatment of one of the most popular instruments of financing in Islamic banks, which is Islamic leasing or Ijarah. This research undertakes an empirical investigation of the accounting practices of Ijarah followed by UAE’s Islamic banks. The main objective of this paper is to compare the accounting practices followed by UAE Islamic banks and accounting practices recommended by Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) for the accounting treatment of Ijarah. Design/methodology/approach – This study also aims to examine the justification and explanation behind this practice and clarify the accounting treatment of Ijarah as defined in the regulatory framework and standards. Findings – The author has found that the accounting treatment of Ijarah practiced by four UAE Islamic banks, it is clear that all of them are following IAS-17 and not FAS-8 of AAOIFI. The main difference is: FAS-8 issued by AAOIFI suggests that the accounting treatment for both Ijarah and Ijarah Muntahia Bittamleek be similar to operating lease transactions with certain exceptions. On the other hand, these Islamic banks are accounting for Ijarah as a financing transaction, just like finance lease – in accordance with IAS-17. Research limitations/implications – Taking out the right information from banks officials regarding Ijarah was a big hassle. Practical implications – After considering the above-mentioned points, according to the researcher, Western accounting standards are not appropriate to be applied in Islamic financial institution because of their different nature and treatment of financial instruments. Therefore, Islamic banks and other Islamic finance professionals should consider making the standards of AAOIFI mandatory, and they should stick to these standards for information disclosure, building investors’ confidence, monitoring and surveillance. These standards would also ensure the integration of Islamic financial markets with international markets. Social implications – This study also aims to examine the justification and explanation behind this practice of bankers when the researcher approached these four banks, their officials mentioned that Ijarah contracts are similar to conventional form of financing, and it does not involve the central tenet of Islamic capitalism, i.e. to share risk and profit; therefore, they are justified and convinced to adopt IAS-17 in accounting for Ijarah transactions. Originality/value – It is an original case study based on secondary research data.

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