Paths to Innovation in Supply Chains: The Landscape of Future Research

This chapter presents a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for supply chain and it is the result of an intensive work jointly performed involving a wide network of stakeholders from discrete manufacturing, process industry and logistics sector to put forward a vision to strengthen European Supply Chains for the next decade. The work is based on matching visions from literature and from experts with several iterations between desk research and workshops, focus groups and interviews. The result is a detailed analysis of the supply chain strategies identified as most relevant for the next years and definition of the related research and innovation topics as future developments and steps for the full implementation of the strategies, thus proposing innovative and cutting-edge actions to be implemented based on technological development and organisational change

Beyond equilibrium climate sensitivity

ISSN:1752-0908ISSN:1752-089

Nursing education: contradictions and challenges of pedagogical practice La formacion del enfermero: contradicciones y desafíos de la práctica pedagógica A formação do enfermeiro: contradições e desafios à prática pedagógica

This study deals with the nursing curriculum, pedagogical practice and education. Nowadays, this theme has taken up considerable space in academic debates. Thus, this study aimed to get empirical knowledge and provide an analytical description of the academic reality of nursing education at Santa Cruz State University in the undergraduate nursing course. This is a descriptive study, which may provide a new view of the problem, with careful observation, description, and exploration of the situation aspects, interpreting the reality, without interfering in it and, consequently, being open to new studies. Descriptive statistics with simple frequency and percentage calculation was applied. In summary, results indicate that professors and students have difficulties to evaluate the curriculum. In addition, the curriculum under study is characterized as a collection curriculum, with a pedagogical practice predominantly directed at the traditional model. Hence, nursing education still shows features of the biomedical-technical model.<br>Este estudio trata de la temática currículo, práctica pedagógica y formación del enfermero, que en la actualidad viene tomando espacio relevante en el debate académico. Así, buscamos conocer empíricamente y describir analíticamente la realidad académica de la formación del enfermero en la carrera de Enfermería de la UESC. Se trata de un estudio descriptivo que puede proporcionar una nueva visión del problema, teniendo cuidado de observar, describir y explotar aspectos de la situación, interpretando la realidad, sin interferir en ella para modificarla y, consecuentemente, abierto a nuevos estudios. Para el análisis de los datos, utilizamos la estadística descriptiva con cálculo de frecuencia simple y porcentual. Sintéticamente, los resultados señalaron que los profesores y los alumnos tienen dificultades para conceptualizar currículo. Y el currículo estudiado se caracteriza dentro del tipo colección, con una práctica pedagógica volcada, predominantemente hacia el modelo tradicional y, en consecuencia, la formación del enfermero sigue teniendo características del modelo biomédico-tecnicista.<br>Este estudo aborda a temática currículo, prática pedagógica e formação do enfermeiro que, na atualidade, tem tomado espaço relevante no debate acadêmico. Assim, buscou-se conhecer empiricamente e descrever analiticamente a realidade acadêmica da formação do enfermeiro no Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz. Trata-se de estudo descritivo, que pode proporcionar nova visão do problema, tendo tido o cuidado de observar, descrever e explorar aspectos da situação, interpretando a realidade, sem nela interferir para modificá-la, estando, conseqüentemente, aberto a novos estudos. Para análise dos dados, utilizou-se estatística descritiva com cálculo de freqüência simples e percentual. Sinteticamente, os resultados apontaram que os professores e alunos têm dificuldade em conceituar currículo. E o currículo estudado se caracteriza como do tipo coleção, com uma prática pedagógica voltada, predominantemente, para o modelo tradicional e, em conseqüência, a formação do enfermeiro continua tendo características do modelo biomédico-tecnicista

Risk, Uncertainty and Precaution in Science: The Threshold of the Toxicological Concern Approach in Food Toxicology

ISSN:1353-3452ISSN:1471-554

Sources and implications of deep uncertainties surrounding sea-level projections

International audienceLong-term flood risk management often relies on future sea-level projections. Projected uncertainty ranges are however widely divergent as a result of different methodological choices. The IPCC has condensed this deep uncertainty into a single uncertainty range covering 66% probability or more. Alternatively, structured expert judgment summarizes divergent expert opinions in a single distribution. Recently published uncertainty ranges that are derived from these ``consensus'' assessments appear to differ by up to a factor four. This might result in overconfidence or overinvestment in strategies to cope with sea-level change. Here we explore possible reasons for these different interpretations. This is important for (i) the design of robust strategies and (ii) the exploration of pathways that may eventually lead to some kind of consensus distributions that are relatively straightforward to interpret