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Corporate Visual Identity (CVI) is a crucial part of the identity of any organization. Most research on managing corporate identity deals with the strategic development of corporate identity and the design and effects of specific elements of the CVI. This study focuses on an aspect of CVI management that has not received much attention—the problem of maintaining consistent use of the CVI in an organization. A comparison is made between manufacturing and service organizations, and between profit-making and nonprofit organizations. For these organization types, the perceived CVI consistency was investigated, as well as the organizational and CVI management characteristics and instruments affecting it. The research was conducted using questionnaires distributed among employees of 20 Dutch organizations. Most of the differences found were those between profit-making and nonprofit organizations. The results showed greater consistency in the CVI of profit-making organizations, in accordance with the amount of effort these organizations put into CVI management.
From the pubisher's website: This paper aims to chart the (moral) values from a robotic industry's perspective regarding the introduction of robots in education. To our knowledge, no studies thus far have addressed this perspective in considering the moral values within this robotic domain. However, their values could conflict with the values upheld by other relevant stakeholders, such as the values of teachers, parents or children. Hence, it is crucial to take the various perspectives of relevant stakeholder's moral values into account. For this study, multiple focus group sessions (n=3) were conducted in The Netherlands with representatives (n=13) of robotic companies on their views of robots in primary education. Their perceptions in terms of opportunities and concerns, were then linked to business values reported in the extant literature. Results show that out of 26 business values, mainly six business values appeared relevant for robot tutors: 1) profitability, 2) productivity, 3 & 4) innovation and creativity, 5) competitiveness, and 6) risk orientation organization. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2019.8850726
Worldwide, coral reefs are rapidly declining due to increased sea water temperatures and other environmental stresses (Figure 1). To counter the extinction of major coral reef building species on the island of Bonaire, the non-profit organization Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire is restoring degraded reef sites using corals that are grown in local nurseries. In these nurseries, corals are propagated on artificial trees using fragmentation. After 6-8 months of growth in the nursery, the corals are transplanted to degraded reef sites around the island. Over the years more than 21.000 corals have been outplanted to reef restoration sites in this way. These corals show high survivorship under natural reef conditions but remain under threat by environmental disturbances, such as increased water temperatures, diseases, and competition with macroalgae. A promising intervention to increase reef persistence and resilience is to manipulate the coral-associated microbiome. At present, the composition of the microbiome in nursery-reared and outplanted corals on Bonaire is unknown. The aim of the current project is to identify and isolate naturally occurring beneficial bacteria that may stimulate the resilience of these corals. Our key objectives are: 1) to assess the presence of functionally beneficial bacteria in corals in nursery and restoration sites on Bonaire using metagenomic screening. 2) to design culture strategies to isolate these functionally beneficial bacteria. In the future, a selection of these beneficial bacteria can be applied to the corals to increase their resilience against environmental disturbances.
Due to the existing pressure for a more rational use of the water, many public managers and industries have to re-think/adapt their processes towards a more circular approach. Such pressure is even more critical in the Rio Doce region, Minas Gerais, due to the large environmental accident occurred in 2015. Cenibra (pulp mill) is an example of such industries due to the fact that it is situated in the river basin and that it has a water demanding process. The current proposal is meant as an academic and engineering study to propose possible solutions to decrease the total water consumption of the mill and, thus, decrease the total stress on the Rio Doce basin. The work will be divided in three working packages, namely: (i) evaluation (modelling) of the mill process and water balance (ii) application and operation of a pilot scale wastewater treatment plant (iii) analysis of the impacts caused by the improvement of the process. The second work package will also be conducted (in parallel) with a lab scale setup in The Netherlands to allow fast adjustments and broaden evaluation of the setup/process performance. The actions will focus on reducing the mill total water consumption in 20%.
Veel mensen met een spierziekte, ook wel neuromusculaire aandoeningen (NMA) genoemd, hebben een hulpvraag over conditie, en worden hiervoor begeleid door een fysiotherapeut. Door een gebrek aan richtlijnen ervaren fysiotherapeuten problemen met toepassing van aerobe training in de dagelijkse praktijk en is er een grote steunbehoefte m.b.t. het voorschrijven van training. De B-FIT trainingswijzer voorziet in deze behoefte door fysiotherapeuten praktische handvatten te bieden voor het voorschrijven van gepersonaliseerde aerobe training in de eigen leefomgeving. Na een succesvolle pilotstudie wordt de B-FIT trainingswijzer gebruikt in academische ziekenhuizen en revalidatiecentra in de 3e en 2e lijn in Nederland. B-FIT wordt echter beperkt toegepast door fysiotherapeuten in de 1e lijn, waar veel mensen met een NMA onder behandeling zijn. Er zijn verschillende mogelijke oorzaken, waaronder een gebrek aan kennis over NMA in de 1e lijn (door de zeldzaamheid van aandoeningen), en moeizame kennisoverdracht van de 2e/3e lijn naar de 1e lijn en vice versa. Er is meer inzicht nodig in mogelijke andere belemmerende en bevorderende factoren voor betere implementatie van B-FIT in de eigen leefomgeving onder begeleiding van een fysiotherapeut in de 1e lijn. Met een Community of Practice zullen deze factoren in kaart worden gebracht. Vervolgens wordt de B-FIT trainingswijzer doorontwikkeld voor optimale toepassing in de 1e lijn, en in een pilotstudie onderzoeken we de bruikbaarheid en evalueren we de tevredenheid onder fysiotherapeuten en patiënten. In dit project wordt een bestaand consortium met onderzoekers, revalidatieartsen en fysiotherapeuten vanuit universitair medische centra en revalidatiecentra en vertegenwoordigers van de patiëntenvereniging (Spierziekten Nederland) en beroepsvereniging (KNGF), verder uitgebreid met fysiotherapiepraktijken in de 1e lijn (MKB) en docenten van hogescholen. Dit project draagt bij aan verbeterde NMA zorg en verbeterde samenwerking tussen fysiotherapeuten in de 1e lijn en zorgprofessionals in de 2e/3e lijn (juiste zorg op de juiste plek), die hier allen van profiteren.
