scholarly journals Impact Assessments of New Mobility Services: A Critical Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3074
Author(s):  
Tom Storme ◽  
Corneel Casier ◽  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Frank Witlox
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Privately Owned

Assessing the impact of new mobility systems (e.g., shared mobility services, mobility as a service (MaaS), and Mobihubs) in urban contexts remains a challenging endeavor due to the varying priorities (social, economic, and environmental) of different stakeholders and restricted and/or limited availability of data. In a broad sense, new mobility services (NMS) can be characterized as a way of optimizing the ownership and use of a variety of mobility resources, tailored to the needs of an entire (urban) community. In this context, providing an up-to-date and critical review on the impact of NMS is the main contribution and added value of this study. To this end, this study presents an in-depth review of NMS and their diverse features (e.g., car sharing, bike sharing, Mobihubs, etc.), as an alternative to privately-owned travel modes. By reviewing more than 100 relevant sources from academic journals (Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Web of Science) and media reports, this study explains the key elements on how to address the impact assessment of NMS in terms of social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainable mobility services. This study concludes that the implementation of NMS offers the potential to promote efficiency, sustainability, social equity, and quality of life. The main findings of this study serve as a perfect starting point for mobility providers and policymakers who are concerned about the growing demands for clean and green cities.

The model of HRM-trust-commitment relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (8) ◽  
pp. 1457-1480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmara Lewicka ◽  
Katarzyna Krot
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Calculative Commitment ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Organisational Trust ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – It is worth focusing on the examination of factors influencing the quality of the work environment. The purpose of this paper is to verify the influence of the HRM system and organisational trust on employee commitment. Design/methodology/approach – The survey was conducted in Poland among 370 employees in organisations from two sectors of the economy: services and industry. The verification of the theoretical model was performed based on structural equation modelling. Findings – Research findings made it possible to successfully verify the model of the relationship between the HRM system (practices, process), organisational trust and commitment. The starting point for trust in an organisation followed by commitment is the HRM system. It seems that the impact of the HRM process on creating organisational trust is higher. Research findings have also confirmed a relationship between each type of organisational trust and calculative commitment based on benefits, which is a strong determinant of affective commitment. Organisational trust is, therefore, an intermediary factor because the organisation must build trust in employees first before they become affectively committed. Originality/value – Current studies have not examined the issue of a mutual relationship between three constructs: perceived HRM practices and process, organisational trust and commitment. What is more, previous research was confined to the constructs analysed holistically without considering their complexity (different types of trust and commitment). In addition, the authors attempted to enrich Allen and Mayer’s (1991) model with a new aspect of the commitment – calculative, which is linked to the benefits received by employees. The authors also identified the mediating influence of the trust and calculative commitment onto the affective commitment.

Lung cancer quality of care in Uruguay: First experience in a public hospital.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (8_suppl) ◽  
pp. 231-231
Author(s):  
Maria Clara Rodriguez Palleiro ◽  
Virginia Rodriguez ◽  
Viviana Dominguez ◽  
Siul Salisbury ◽  
Alonzo Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Adherence Rate ◽  
Pathology Report ◽  
Histologic Subtype ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

231 Background: Improvement in quality of cancer care is a strategic health objective for the Ministry of Health in Uruguay. Lung cancer is the first cancer in mortality in men and the third in women in our country, there are few reports from Latino America about quality of cancer care, in our knowledge this is the first in lung cancer. Methods: We audit a public reference center in oncology that receive about 8 percent of new cases in the country, our objective was to perform a first study in quality of cancer care in non-small cell lung cancer. We reviewed the compliance with a group of 14 indicators (six general and eight NSCLC specific) selected from literature and used in different quality programs. We performed a retrospective analysis of medical records from 408 new patients seen between January 2011 and July 2016. Results: The median age was 62 years, 72,8% were male and 27,2% females, 76,6% were stage III-IV and 23,6% were stage I-II. The median adherence rate to core indicators were 84,2 (69% to 100%). PS was recorded in 76% of cases. Pathology report was present in 71,8% and stage in 97% of medical records. NSCLC indicators had a lower adherence rate 29,8% (5% to 56,3%). 60% receive adjuvant therapy based in platins but only in 5% of patients receive cisplatin. Histologic subtype was informed in 42% of pathology samples and EGFR mutation test were performed in 56% of patient with non-squamous lung cancer. Patients were treated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy as first treatment in 65,4%, stage IV patients receive as first line platin based chemotherapy in 42,7% of cases . Time between diagnosis and first treatment initiation was 28 days and the time to symptoms initiation to diagnosis was 3 months. Conclusions: This auditory identify a high rate of compliance in general indicators, compliance with lung cancer specific quality indicators is heterogeneous. Time to diagnosis need special attention. This study identify a room to improve in lung cancer quality of care and establish a starting point to evaluate the impact of future improvement efforts.

scholarly journals Five guidelines for local service centres

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
Łukasz Damurski
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Local Service ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critical Literature

The paper is a critical literature review aiming at synthesising knowledge on shaping the service sector in urbanised areas. Starting from classical concepts of hierarchical service systems (Christaller, Lösch, Palomäki, Nowakowski) through considerations on the impact of teleinformatics on the services sector, to contemporary research on hierarchical -network spatial and functional structures (Ossowicz), the paper points to the role which can be played by local service centres in spatial planning. The five guidelines for urban planning describe crucial conditions which have to be met in order to generate a positive influence on land -use and the quality of life in urban neighbourhoods. The guidelines may be a starting point for empirical research and may play an inspiring role in local policy in urbanised areas.

scholarly journals Legal Regulation of Campaign Deliberation: Lessons from Brexit

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-277
Author(s):  
James Organ
Keyword(s):  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Political Campaigning ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Impact

There has been significant attention paid to explaining and understanding the impact of the UK’s vote to leave the EU on UK politics and its constitution. There has also been criticism of the political campaigning, from both the “leave” and “remain” sides, and of people’s understanding of what they were voting for. There has been limited discussion, though, of how to improve the quality of campaign deliberation, which is fundamental to the legitimacy of both representative and direct democratic processes. Using the UK’s vote on EU membership as a case study, this article examines the importance of the law to regulate and improve deliberation prior to direct public votes on specific policy issues. It also considers options for changes to the law and for its implementation, using the current provisions about false statements in electoral law as a starting point. The article argues that the quality of deliberation during UK referendum campaigns needs to improve and that legal regulation should be developed. There are, however, significant challenges in drafting legislation that appropriately defines and limits the use of misleading statements, and at the same time avoids excessive restriction of free speech, or an excessively political role for regulatory bodies and the courts. Given the nature of political campaigning and the challenges in reducing the use of misleading statements by political actors through legal regulation, increased deliberative opportunities for citizens are proposed as a complementary, perhaps more effective means to positively enhance deliberation in political campaigns. Whatever approach is taken, direct democracy needs to be combined effectively with representative democracy, based on a common underlying principle of the importance of deliberation, and not treated as a separate part of a state’s democracy.

Enhancing Citizen Satisfaction Through Service Quality of E-Government in Thailand: Mediating Roles of Perceived Ease of Use and Usefulness

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Pitima Diskulnetsampita ◽  
Amonlaya Kosaiya Tuan
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
General Public ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the study was to know the impact of service quality of E-Government (EG) on citizen satisfaction (CS). The aim was also to know the mediating roles of Perceived Usefulness of E-Government (PUEG). This study was conducted in Thailand. Out of the total 298 respondents of this research, 124 respondents were male, and 174 respondents were females, which means that majority of the respondents were females. Out of the total 298 respondents of this research, 23 of the respondents had completed their graduation, 143 respondents had completed their post-graduation, 122 respondents had completed their masters and ten respondents had other degrees. It has shown that how the perceived usefulness has helped the E-Government in different ways to be a part of the innovation and bringing new variations to the system. This can only be seen in effectiveness and cooperation of the general public which is a must for any system to run properly. The mediating role has added value and content to Citizenship and user satisfaction to the system. The ongoing processes of E-Government has gained vital interest of the general public which are ready to invest in self grooming so that they can be a part of online system introduced by the state.

Do higher levels of uncertainty in illness reduce the perceived health related quality of life of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 543
Author(s):  
Lara Gitto ◽  
Maria Daniela Giammanco
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Uncertainty In Illness ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) represents one of the most common causes of neurological disability and the unpredictability and severity of its manifestations determine uncertainty in illness. While MS patients’ Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) has been frequently assessed, the impact of uncertainty on HRQoL has not been adequately considered to date. The objective of the study was to reduce this gap in the literature.Design: One hundred and twenty patients with relapsing-remittingMS were interviewed in order to gather information about their assessment of HRQoL, measured with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and their perceptions of uncertainty in illness assessed through the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS). The relationship between HRQoL and two dimensions of uncertainty, namely “ambiguity” and “inconsistency”, have been tested with diverse Tobit and Probit specifications.Results: Inconsistency exhibited a negative and significant correlation in all the specifications of the model. Marginal effects suggested how a unit change in the total score of the inconsistency scale determined an increase of 6.2% in the probability to report a VAS score higher than 60 (median score in the sample). Ambiguity and inconsistency, jointly considered, had a marginal effect of 2.1%.Conclusions: This study contributes to the assessment of the patient’s general status over the standard parameters for quality of life. It  may represent the starting point for further analyses on the impact of separate facets of the Uncertainty in Illness on HRQoL, experienced not only by MS patients, but also by other patients suffering from chronic conditions.

Measuring the quality of e‐banking portals

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans H. Bauer ◽  
Maik Hammerschmidt ◽  
Tomas Falk
Keyword(s):  
Services Quality ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Internet Economy ◽  
Basic Services

PurposeIn the internet economy, the business model of web portals has spread rapidly over the last few years. Despite this, there have been very few scholarly investigations into the services and characteristics that transform a web site into a portal as well as into the dimensions that determine the customer's evaluation of the portal's service quality.Design/methodology/approachBased on an empirical study in the field of e‐banking, the authors validate a measurement model for the construct of web portal quality based on the following dimensions: security and trust, basic services quality, cross‐buying services quality, added value, transaction support and responsiveness.FindingsThe identified dimensions can reasonably be classified into three service categories: core services, additional services, and problem‐solving services.Originality/valueThe knowledge of these dimensions as major determinants of consumer's quality perception in the internet provides banks a promising starting point for establishing an effective quality management for their e‐businesses.

Rural Health under Colonialism and Neocolonialism: A Survey of the Ghanaian Experience

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Akwasi Aidoo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Health It ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Colonial Legacy ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mode Of Production

This paper discusses some of the implications of colonialism and neocolonialism for rural health in Ghana. The starting point for discussion is a critical review of the dominant ahistorical, atheoretical, and technocratic conception of the underdevelopment of rural health. It is argued that the problems of rural health cannot be fully explained without a consideration of Ghana's colonial and neocolonial experiences. It is necessary to examine the impact of the colonial capitalist mode of production on rural health and health care, as well as the mechanisms underlying the post-colonial entrenchment of the colonial legacy. The implications of the reformist approach to the problems of health are examined, and the possibility of a structural transformationist solution, which must start from the elimination of imperialist control, is assessed. It is concluded that the Ghanaian social formation, given its current constitution and crises, makes structural transformation the only viable alternative to solving the problems of rural health.

scholarly journals New estimates of eco-intensity considering the hazardous industrial pollution accumulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 08003
Author(s):  
Irina Glazyrina ◽  
Andrey Chavkin
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressure ◽  
Accumulation Of Pollutants ◽  
The Impact

The paper proposes a new approach to environmental and economic assessments based on the author’s economic and mathematical model that takes into account the accumulation of hazardous pollutants in natural environments. It also presents the results of calculations showing the dynamics of the increase in the negative impact depending on the natural assimilation of pollutants. This data can be considered as a quantitative assessment of the “environmental cost” that society pays by consuming goods the production of which is accompanied by the accumulation of long-lived pollutants. It is shown that this “price” can very significantly exceed the eco-intensity calculated without taking into account the accumulation of pollutants. Thus, the accumulation of pollutants as a result of economic activity is an important factor in the context of the impact on the ecological and economic balance. The implementation of the results obtained in the adjustment of the calculations of payments for negative environmental impact is proposed: to set payments per unit of production which are not proportional to emissions, but proportional to the eco-intensity calculated according to the proposed methodology. In this case, the accumulation of harmful substances in natural environments, the added value of production and the timing of project implementation will be taken into account. This corresponds to the concept of “green” economy, which provides the growth of well-being and quality of life with the maximum possible reduction of the negative anthropogenic pressure and improvement of the quality of the environment.

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