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Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 320)
This bibliography lists 125 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during January, 1989. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance
Qualitative research within trials: developing a standard operating procedure for a clinical trials unit
<p>BACKGROUND: Qualitative research methods are increasingly used within clinical trials to address broader research questions than can be addressed by quantitative methods alone. These methods enable health professionals, service users, and other stakeholders to contribute their views and experiences to evaluation of healthcare treatments, interventions, or policies, and influence the design of trials. Qualitative data often contribute information that is better able to reform policy or influence design.</p>
<p>METHODS: Health services researchers, including trialists, clinicians, and qualitative researchers, worked collaboratively to develop a comprehensive portfolio of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the West Wales Organisation for Rigorous Trials in Health (WWORTH), a clinical trials unit (CTU) at Swansea University, which has recently achieved registration with the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). Although the UKCRC requires a total of 25 SOPs from registered CTUs, WWORTH chose to add an additional qualitative-methods SOP (QM-SOP).</p>
<p>RESULTS: The qualitative methods SOP (QM-SOP) defines good practice in designing and implementing qualitative components of trials, while allowing flexibility of approach and method. Its basic principles are that: qualitative researchers should be contributors from the start of trials with qualitative potential; the qualitative component should have clear aims; and the main study publication should report on the qualitative component.</p>
<p>CONCLUSIONS: We recommend that CTUs consider developing a QM-SOP to enhance the conduct of quantitative trials by adding qualitative data and analysis. We judge that this improves the value of quantitative trials, and contributes to the future development of multi-method trials.</p>
A Study On Influencing Factors And Performance Of Logistics Outsourcing Practices Among Electrical And Electronics Firms In Malaysia
Penyumberluaran aktiviti logistik telah menjadi strategi popular bagi kebanyakan organisasi dalam memburu kecemerlangan operasi di era persaingan sengit pasaran global.
Logistics outsourcing has been growing as a popular strategy for many organizations in pursuit of operational excellence despite the fierce competitive market globally
Governance of interactions between infrastructure sectors: the making of smart grids in the UK
This paper uses historical analysis to explore the evolution of interdependencies between the electricity and information and communication technology (ICT) sectors in the UK. It explores the role of governance in shaping the interface between these two sectors, and subsequent implications for smart grid innovation. The analysis focuses on three periods between 1940 and 2016, with distinct institutional logics: state ownership, privatisation, and transitions to sustainability.
The interactions between the electricity and ICT sectors are analysed through Raven and Verbong’ (2007) typology: competition, symbiosis, integration and spill-over, drawing on social-technical transitions theories and discussed in terms of rules and institutions; actors and networks; and technology, artefacts and infrastructures of socio-technical regimes.
The paper finds that a way to encourage more spill-overs and integration between the electricity and the ICT sector is through a more symmetrical and integrated governance approach that takes into account the needs and characteristics of both sectors
Collaboration in Open Government Data Ecosystems: Open Cross-sector Sharing and Co-development of Data and Software
Background: Open innovation highlights the potential benefits of external
collaboration and knowledge-sharing, often exemplified through Open Source
Software (OSS). The public sector has thus far mainly focused on the sharing of
Open Government Data (OGD), often with a supply-driven approach with limited
feedback-loops. We hypothesize that public sector organizations can extend the
open innovation benefits by also creating platforms, where OGD, related OSS,
and open standards are collaboratively developed and shared. Objective: The
objective of this study is to explore how public sector organizations in the
role of platform providers facilitate such collaboration in the form of OGD
ecosystems and how the ecosystem's governance may be structured to support the
collaboration. Method: We conduct an exploratory multiple-case study of two
such ecosystems, focused on OGD related to the Swedish labor market and public
transport sector, respectively. Data is gathered through interviews, document
studies, and prolonged engagement at one of the platform providers. Results:
The study presents governance structure and collaboration practices of the two
ecosystems and discusses how these contribute to the platform providers' goals.
The case studies highlight the need for platform providers to take an active
and multi-functional role in enabling the sharing of data and software from and
between the members of the ecosystem. Conclusions: We conclude that OGD
ecosystems offer public sector organizations a possibility to catalyze the
potential innovation output of OGD, but that it requires investment and
adoption of an open and collaborative mindset.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2208.0030
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