Hope and glory: an expanded social strategy diagnosis model to incorporate corporate social responsibility within business strategy

YesCorporate social responsibility has been seen by corporations as a practice to adopt as an act of philanthropy. There have been attempts to expand the role of social responsibility to business problems however there has never been an attempt to consider the strategic alignment of social outcomes to strategy. This article analyses the role of strategy by providing a review of strategy using Whittington’s generic strategies model and expanding the same model to incorporate a social strategy model that supports the anecdotal idea that social responsibility can be potentially strategic. The paper centres its argument within the Indian context

Studying the molecular gas towards a bright rimmed cloud at the infrared dust bubble N30

We present a study on the molecular gas towards a bright-rimmed cloud located to the north of theinfrared dust bubble N30. Using the emission from the12CO,13CO, and C18O J=3?2 line, together with infraredand radio continuum data, we characterized the bubble and the related molecular cloud. In addition, we showan analysis of the behaviour of the abundance ratio13CO/C18O towards the bright-rimmed cloud, and we searchfor clues on recent star-formation.Fil: Solernó, A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Areal, María Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Paron, Sergio Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina61º Reunión Anual Asociación Argentina de AstronomíaViedmaArgentinaAsociación Argentina de Astronomí

Valoración conductimétrica continua de grupos carboxilos finales, en poliamidas.

El método que se propone se basa en una valoración condutimétrica, adaptable a un titulador automático de los grupos carboxílicos de poliamidas (6 y 6-6) por medio de una valoración de los iones anilinio formados al disolver la poliamida en anilina.The proposed method is based on a conductometric titration, adaptable to an automatic titrator of de carboxyl groups of polyamides (6 and 6-6) by means of he titration of the anilinium ions formed on dissolving polyamide in aniline.Peer Reviewe

Analysis of the enabling environment for delivering land degradation neutrality in Nigeria: perspectives from the sub-national to local level

The discourse around the planning, monitoring, and assessment of land degradation neutrality (LDN) has been communicated strongly on global and national scales; however, there is relatively little information on the enabling environment that will support the achievement of LDN targets locally. Recognising the dearth of studies that apply the LDN concept at the local scale, this study investigated local stakeholders’ perspectives on the progress towards, and challenges around, establishing the enabling environment for achieving LDN. It developed and used an extended LDN enabler framework that incorporates the gender component of LDN. The data for this study were collected from stakeholders from sub-national and local institutions concerned with LDN in Nigeria. The study findings indicate the presence of several relevant institutions and policy instruments to support progress towards LDN. However, this did not create an enabling environment for land users due to the lack of sufficient funding, weak systemic capacities of the relevant institutions, and the operational challenges for delivering policy incentives. Moreover, shortcomings in the regulatory framework give rise to land tenure insecurity and gender-biased land administration systems. Also, the findings indicate that entrenched traditional norms are a major challenge in achieving gender-balanced LDN outcomes. The extended LDN-enabler framework developed in this study will extend the scope of future studies examining progress toward LDN at regional and local scales

Towards stability of food production and farm income in a variable climate

Stable food production is vital for food security. Stability of farm income is also necessary to ensure the sustainability of food production and to protect livelihoods, in a changing climate. We analyse the relative effects of climate variability, subsidies and farming practices on the stability of food production and farm income. We examine farms in England and Wales between 2005 and 2017, and link farms to climate data at a sub-regional scale. Our results show that variability in temperature and rainfall reduces the stability of farm income and food production. While variability in climate can be largely outside of the farmers control our findings indicate that, under current conditions, farm management can have a larger effect on stability than climate. We identified three key aspects of farm management and policy that improve stability: i) increasing agricultural diversity, ii) increasing the efficiency of agrochemical use and iii) agri-environmental management. These management practices have previously been associated with benefits to natural ecosystems and may therefore increase the stability of agriculture whilst reducing negative impacts of farming on the environment. We also found differences in effect size of climate impacts and adaptation options between farm types, emphasising the need for flexible agricultural policies

Adverse weather conditions for UK wheat production under climate change

Winter wheat is an important crop in the UK, suited to the typical weather conditions in the current climate. In a changing climate the increased frequency and severity of adverse weather events, which are often localised, are considered a major threat to wheat production. In the present study we assessed a range of adverse weather conditions, which can significantly affect yield, under current and future climates based on adverse weather indices. We analysed changes in the frequency, magnitude and spatial patterns of 10 adverse weather indices, at 25 sites across the UK, using climate scenarios from the CMIP5 ensemble of global climate models (GCMs) and two greenhouse gas emissions (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5). The future UK climate is expected to remain favourable for wheat production, with most adverse weather indicators reducing in magnitude by the mid-21st 17 century. Hotter and drier summers would improve sowing and harvesting conditions and reduce the risk of lodging. The probability of late frosts and heat stress during reproductive and grain filling periods would likely remain small in 2050. Wetter winter and spring could cause issues with waterlogging. The severity of drought stress during reproduction would generally be lower in 2050, however localised differences suggest it is important to examine drought at a small spatial scale. Prolonged water stress does not increase considerably in the UK, as may be expected in other parts of Europe. Climate projections based on the CMIP5 ensemble reveal considerable uncertainty in the magnitude of adverse weather conditions including waterlogging, drought and water stress. The variation in adverse weather conditions due to GCMs was generally greater than between emissions scenarios. Accordingly, CMIP5 ensembles should be used in the assessment of adverse weather conditions for crop production to indicate the full range of possible impacts, which a limited number of GCMs may not provide

Adaptações na metodologia de ensino para atender as demandas educacionais de alunos com tdah / Adaptations in teaching methodology to meet adhd student educational demands

Pesquisa baseada em dissertação de mestrado que analisou as adaptações que os docentes fazem em suas aulas para atender as demandas educacionais de alunos que possuem transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH). O estudo foi estruturado em uma abordagem quali-quantitativa através de um estudo de campo em dez escolas municipais localizadas nos bairros Barra da Tijuca e Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro. O instrumento utilizado para coleta de dados foi um questionário com vinte perguntas abertas e fechadas, que foi aplicado a cinquenta docentes voluntários que lecionam no primeiro ciclo do Ensino Fundamental. O embasamento teórico se deu através de conceitos relativos à educação inclusiva, transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH), práticas educativas, metodologia de ensino. Analisou-se o nível de conhecimento desses docentes em relação ao TDAH e suas implicações na vida escolar dos alunos. A partir dessa análise, questionou-se a necessidade de mudanças nas práticas de ensino e nas metodologias utilizadas. Baseando-se nos resultados coletados, são apresentados alguns pontos que podem auxiliar no desenvolvimento acadêmico dos alunos com TDAH

maternal colonization and neonatal infection with group B Streptococcus

Aim and Objective: During the past three decades, group B Streptococcus (GBS) neonatal infection has been the subject of little research. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between maternal risk factors, as established by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and maternal colonization. We also analysed the association between risk factors present in newborns and early-onset GBS disease. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Population: All pregnant women admitted for delivery in our institution and their newborns, between 1st February and 31st July 2005. Methods: Maternal and neonatal characteristics were collected from hospital clinical data, including information on risk factors established by the CDC. Descriptive statistics was used to characterize the study sample. Qui-square and Mantel-haenszel tests were applied to compare proportions and to measure the strength of associations, respectively, setting significance at p < 0,05. Results: In this sample only 47% of women were screened for GBS colonization in suitable time and 34,9% of these women were colonized. The incidence of early neonatal infection by SGB was 9/1000 neonates. Significant associations between GBS maternal colonization ant the following parameters were observed: maternal age [p=0,012; OR=1,659 (IC a 95%, 1,218-2,260)], gestational age at labour [p=0,001; OR= 2,621 (IC a 95%, 1,641- 4,188)], and urinary GBS infection during pregnancy (p<0,001). Maternal colonization occurred in women without CDC defined risk factors. Early neonatal infection by SGB was strongly associated with unscreened women (p=0,014). Conclusion: In this study, maternal GBS colonization occurred in the absence of CDC defined risk factors and varied according to maternal age and gestational week. Neonatal GBS infection was more frequent in unscreened women