Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Intellectual team'

The impetus for this work has evolved from the development of Intellectual Capital (IC) within the Defence Fixed Network (DFN) Integrated Project Team (IPT). Using case study methodology it focuses on an examination of a sample group of DFN desk officers who perform the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) function. The metrics contributing to the DFN IC Model are then contrasted with the results of a benchmark IC study conducted on BT Global services. The purpose of the benchmarking exercise is to determine areas for improvement within the DFN IC Model. The study moves on to describe the commercial and operational context of the DFN IPT and its contracted delivery partner, British Telecom. The relationship between BT and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is explained and the government's current Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) are discussed. A top level strategic analysis of the DFT IPT, including its immediate operating environment is provided using PEST and SWOT analysis techniques. The study considers the theoretical basis of the literature review and seeks to develop an appropriate IC Model, whilst reviewing its main components. The application of the IC Model to the DFN IPT and BT Global services contexts is also examined. The case study was conducted in two phases. The first phase consisted of the application of the DFN IC Model across a sample of twenty members of the DFN IPT, in order to establish the IC index rating of the organisation. The indices are further developed by the introduction of qualitative data from the subsequent discourse with each of the respondents in support of each of the formal questions. The second phase of the research Model comprised the application of the DFN IC Model to a similar cross section of twenty members of BT Global services, in order to provide a benchmark against which the DFN profile can be further assessed.

The automotive industry with its highly competitive environment together with high research and development costs is struggling to increase shareholder return. Cross-functional teams are employed to source suppliers which are helping to reduce production and development costs in close cooperation with the other departments. When working in a competitive environment and with external actors, intellectual property becomes increasingly important and organizational effort is directed to increase the generation and usage of such. Patent portfolio analysis is a well-known tool used to extract information from surrounding actors’ patents, which traditionally mainly was used for product development, but has potential to increase gross profit through cross-functional sourcing teams as well.  The purpose of this study is to investigate how to implement and use patent portfolio analysis as a cross-functional tool in the automotive industry. In order to fulfill the purpose, a qualitative case study has been conducted including both qualitative interviews, as well as action research in the form of workshops at the case company. The results were analyzed using a tailored framework denominated the system integration model which is a combination of the technology acceptance model and the managing strategy framework. The systems integration model was developed and validated by the researchers during the research process. The research result shows that patent portfolio analysis has a high perceived usefulness but a low actual system use within the studied company, especially in the sourcing department. The main barrier to use patent portfolio analysis cross-functionally was that the intellectual property strategy was not yet fully communicated and linked to the different departments’ objectives. There were also barriers found in the communication between- and the understanding of- each other’s departments, which could be reduced by increased education and promoting clear contact points and guidelines. The final conclusion of this research was that patent portfolio analysis likely could be used cross functionally to map the competitive landscape and increase gross profit by protection innovations through product development and sourcing.
Fordonssektorn kännetecknas av höga utvecklingskostnader och en konkurrenskraftig marknad där aktörerna strävar mot vinst till aktieägare. För att ge en hög avkastning till aktieägarna så arbetar man i tvärfunktionella team för att minska produktion och utvecklingskostnader samt för att anlita de bästa leverantörerna. Att arbeta i en konkurrenskraftig miljö med externa aktörer gör att immateriella rättigheter blir allt viktigare och företag satsar därför stora resurser för att detta ska hanteras på rätt sätt. Patentportföljanalys är ett välkänt verktyg för att extrahera information från omgivande aktörers patent, vilket traditionellt främst har använts i produktutveckling, men även har potential att öka bruttoresultat genom ett effektivare samarbete över avdelningar i tvärfunktionella inköpsteam. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur man implementerar och använder patentportföljanalys som ett tvärfunktionellt verktyg inom fordonssektorn. För att uppfylla syftet har en kvalitativ fallstudie genomförts genom kvalitativa intervjuer och workshops vid det undersökta företaget. Resultatet analyserades med hjälp av ett skräddarsytt ramverk som forskarna för denna undersökning benämnt som ”the system integration model”. Det här ramverket sammansvetsar den välkända modellen ”technology acceptance model” som syftar till att undersöka acceptans av ny teknik och den välkända modellen ”Managing four processes” som handlar om hur man skapar ett strategiskt management verktyg. ”The system integration model” utvecklades och validerades av forskarna i flera steg under studien. Resultatet visar att patentportföljanalys har en hög uppfattad nytta trots att det är låg systemanvändning i det undersökta företaget i dagsläget, särskilt i inköpsavdelningen. Den största barriären för användandet av patentportföljanalysen verkar vara att företagsstrategin för immateriella rättigheter ännu inte har kommunicerats och kopplats till de olika avdelningarna fullt ut. Det noterades även barriärer i kommunikationen mellan- och förståelsen för- de olika avdelningarna, vilken kan minskas genom utbildning och tydliga kontaktpunkter och riktlinjer. Den här undersökningen indikerar ytterligare på att patentportföljanalys är användbart i tvärfunktionella team då det ger möjligheten att kartlägga konkurrenslandskapet, säkra produkt- och eftermarknadsexklusivitet och förbättra leverantörsavtal, vilket i sin tur kan öka bruttovinsten.

O objetivo do estudo é refletir sobre a história de um dispositivo de Educação Permanente construído no Programa Acompanhante da Saúde da Pessoa com Deficiência (APD) denominado Roda de Saberes. O Programa APD foi criado pela Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo (SMS) em 2010com vinte equipes multiprofissionais distribuídas pelo município, através de parceria exclusiva, até 2014, com a Associação Saúde da Família, uma Organização Social, ou seja, instituição identificada a propósitos sociais. O objetivo do Programa é estimular a autonomia, aprimorar cuidados e fortalecer vínculos familiares de pessoas com deficiência intelectual. Ao ser contratado para supervisionar oito equipes do programa, este pesquisador buscou basear suas intervenções em formas democráticas de gestão em saúde, para promovê-las e facilitar o trabalho em equipe interdisciplinar. A Roda de Saberes nasce deste esforço inspirada pelas experiências francesas de clubes da Clínica de La Borde e Saint-Alban, pelos princípios do Apoio Paideia de Gastão Wagner Campos e pela Educação Permanente, que é a aprendizagem significativa através do trabalho, onde, nas organizações, o aprender e o ensinar se incorporam ao cotidiano da gestão. Neste sentido, pretendeu-se com esta dissertação pesquisar e refletir sobre as bases teóricas e a história da Roda de Saberes (entre 2010 e 2014) e assim favorecer outros processos de Educação Permanente. Para tanto se desenvolveu um Estudo de Caso cujo objetivo foi analisar a idealização e o desenvolvimento da proposta da Roda de Saberes através de diferentes abordagens: 1- Levantamento Bibliográfico; 2- Levantamento e análise de documentos e registros; 3- Identificação dos princípios facilitadores para a construção da Roda dos Saberes. Concluiu-se a necessidade de ações em Educação Permanente em Saúde tendo como base a eficácia das ações desenvolvidas na Roda de Saberes, observadas através da qualidade e intensidade da participação dos profissionais nos encontros e na mudança do perfil do trabalho cotidiano das equipes de saúde. Considera-se ainda que o método e o objetivo da ação devem estar eticamente alinhados. Como produto dessa análise propõe-se um folder que visa instigar àqueles interessados em Educação Permanente em Saúde, a refletir sobre os processos facilitadores dessa ação em serviço, em cinco aspectos ou fatores estratégicos, fruto da pesquisa: território, público alvo, trabalhadores, instituição e apoiador.
The objective is to reflect on the story of a Permanent Education device built in the Health Companion for People with Disability Program (APD), called Knowledge Wheel. The APD program was created by the City Department of Health of São Paulo (SMS) in 2010, with twenty multidisciplinary teams distributed by the county, through exclusive partnership, until 2014, with the Family Health Association, a Social Organization, meaning an institution identified with social purposes. The goal of the Program is to stimulate autonomy, improve care and strengthen family ties of people with intellectual disabilities. Permanent Education is learning, significantly, through work, where learning and teaching are incorporated into the daily life of organizations. This researcher was hired to oversee eight teams of the Program, and as so, sought to base his interventions in democratic management to promote them and facilitate interdisciplinary teamwork. The Knowledge Wheel was born of this effort inspired by French experiences of clubs from the Clinic of La Borde and Saint-Alban, the principles of the Paideia Support of Gastão Wagner Campos and the Permanent Education that is the meaningful learning through work, where learning and teaching are incorporated into the daily management of organizations. In this sense, with this dissertation, it was intended research and reflect on the theoretical foundations and on the history of Knowledge Wheel and thus encourages other processes of Permanent Education. For that was developed a case study which purpose was to analyze the ideation and development of the proposal of the Knowledge Wheel through different approaches: 1. Bibliographical Survey; 2 Survey and analysis of documents and records; 3- Identification of facilitators principles for its construction.The conclusion is the need for actions in Permanent Health Education based on the effectiveness of the actions developed in the Knowledge Wheel, observed through the quality and intensity of the participation of professionals in the meetings and changing the daily work of the profile of health teams. It is also considered that the method and the purpose of the action must be ethically aligned. As a product of this analysis it is proposed a brochure aimed to instigate those interested in Permanent Health Education, to reflect on the facilitating processes of this action in service in five aspects or strategic factors, the result of the research: territory, target group, workers, institution and Supporter.

In current business affairs, most executive professions require one or several kinds of data consultation in their practice. Nowadays, the majority of data either is or has been digitalized and digital data is defined as information represented in a discrete and discontinuous manner. For accessibility purposes, data are often stored in databases that organize information via design and modeling techniques to facilitate querying. Data retrieval is crucial and if this process lacks efficacy, users either are presented incomplete information or are forced to perform repetitive queries. Intellectual property (IP) lawyers in Brazil are among that group and must regularly access a private database for trademark information. While it contains all the data they require, the database’s querying mechanisms are not tailored for IP law practice. The existing filters and lack of replacement algorithms often yield incomplete results, increasing time and resources dispended. With millions of dollars in potential lawsuits and work-hours, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether an IP-focused querying system could help mitigate this resource waste, facilitating the trademark comparison work of IP lawyers. For this, a new orthographic and phonetically focused querying logic was implemented. ANOVA tests and a questionnaire were used to compare the existing querying mechanism with the new one in terms of time, work satisfaction and querying accuracy. Results indicate the new querying system significantly decreased the amount of searches needed to execute a complete trademark analysis, while lawyers averaged the same amount of time to complete their work. Lawyers also reported higher work satisfaction levels and perceived increase in work efficiency.

Background: Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing longer life expectancies with the majority requiring the ongoing support of family caregivers into adulthood. Medicaid is the primary funding source for supports and services for adults with IDD. Growing Medicaid expenditures and goals to improve quality of care are driving more states to move their Medicaid fee-for-service programs into a managed care model. The stated goals of Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) are to improve care coordination and access to care while controlling costs, but the evidence regarding these outcomes is limited and mixed. Given the level of uncertainty about MLTSS for adults with IDD and their family caregivers, best practices recommendations have been produced by the federal government and advocacy agencies to help guide future MLTSS implementation efforts. These best practice recommendations combined with the continued expansion of MLTSS in the states, provided an opportunity to further explore implementation of MLTSS to inform both policy and practice. One state which recently reformed their Medicaid program to MLTSS and which has been referred to as a bellwether state is Kansas. The MLTSS program in Kansas, titled “KanCare”, is the first for adults with IDD to integrate across health, behavioral health, and LTSS while also contracting through three private-for-profit managed care organizations (MCOs). Aims: The objective of this study was to describe the current implementation of MLTSS for adults with IDD and their family caregivers in one state, Kansas. Study aims were as follows: 1) To understand the rationale behind and what actually happened with MLTSS implementation for adults with IDD in Kansas; 2) To understand how service coordination providers and family caregivers perceived care coordination and access to services for adults with IDD in MLTSS; 3) To understand how family caregivers and their roles were recognized in MLTSS for adults with IDD. Methods: A single case embedded design case study approach was used with in-depth semi-structured interviews completed with state/regional level representatives (N=13), MLTSS service coordination providers (N=7), and family caregivers of adults with IDD (N=11). Data collection and analysis were guided by the unified theory of family quality of life (FQOL) and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. The framework method was used to structure the data analysis process. Member checking was completed to ensure accuracy of results. Findings: Regarding aim one, respondents identified reducing costs and improving care quality as the rationale behind MLTSS, but these were outcomes not yet realized given the early stages of implementation. At the time of this study, the Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) were continuing to work on expanding provider networks and to provide additional services to address health disparities amongst individuals with IDD. Study participants identified the importance of adequate planning and stakeholder engagement to reduce confusion and fear when transitioning into MLTSS. Addressing aim two, timely and accessible consumer education, clear care coordination processes, and provider network adequacy were identified as important to influence the challenges experienced to date in care coordination and access to services. Regarding aim three, participants acknowledged the important role of family caregivers. At the current stage of the KanCare implementation, participants reported lack of formal processes for family caregiver assessment and a need for more proactive family support services planning. Conclusion: Lessons learned from this implementation experience include the importance of having long planning timelines and including stakeholder feedback into the design of MLTSS programs. Care coordination holds promise to better integrate care, but more research is needed to understand best practices for the provision of care coordination in MLTSS. In order to address access to services, MLTSS programs will need to work and build provider capacity and provider networks. MLTSS programs will also need to formally recognize the role of family caregivers by incorporating the use of family caregiver assessments to proactively plan for support needs.

A great deal is known and has been written about the difficulties that high IQ children can experience in the classroom when their special educational needs are not met. Evidence suggests that these difficulties can result in poor academic performance. This study is different from the research carried out in this field so far in that it expresses an hitherto unheard adult voice. It does so by examining the causes and the long-term effects of academic underachievement, as perceived by high IQ adults, on reflection. A mixed quantitative/qualitative methodological approach was used. 158 members of British Mensa, the High IQ Society, completed one semi-structured open ended questionnaire about their perceptions of the causes and long-term effects of their academic underachievement. A second questionnaire was completed by 50 of the previous sample who had revealed that they had reversed their underachievement in adulthood. This highlighted the differences between their educational experiences as children and as adults. It also revealed the impact that their delayed academic achievement had had on their life trajectory. Out of those 50 participants, ten took part in semi-structured one-to-one interviews which allowed for more in-depth enquiry. The conclusions of the study were that, if not nurtured, an innate ability such as a high IQ can become a disadvantage over time. It suggests that not catering for the special educational needs of high IQ children by not providing the mental stimulation they need is 'intellectual neglect'. Such neglect, like physical and emotional neglect, may affect mental well-being in adulthood. In the study sample, most of the participants' long-term economic and mental health had been negatively affected by their academic underachievement, even when it had been reversed in adulthood. This is an area which seems to have been little researched so far, perhaps because of the difficulty of locating high IQ underachieving adults. Yet, the issues highlighted by the research are of great importance not only to the individuals concerned but also to society. The desired outcomes of this study are that the dissemination of the results will raise awareness amongst educators and policy makers of the potential negative long-term effects of neglecting high IQ children's intellectual needs. It will also provide a platform for further research.

This dissertation explores the development of the concept of synderesis between 1150 and 1450. In medieval moral psychology, synderesis referred to the innate capacity of the mind to know the first principles of natural law, or, alternatively, the will to follow these principles. But it was also interpreted as a mystical power of the soul, capable of uniting it to God. synderesis also appears in Late Medieval vernacular literature, as a character in moralising texts. By approaching synderesis from the point of view of conceptual history I synthesise these fields and explore how synderesis operated beyond the formal treatises of scholastic theology. Chapter two explores how synderesis developed in medieval scholasticism from Peter Lombard up to Thomas Aquinas. Chapters three and four explore how the mystical interpretation of synderesis first proposed by Thomas Gallus of Vercelli was incorporated into the mystical treatise Itinerarium mentis in Deum by Bonaventure of Balneoregio. Here, I analyse when, where and how Bonaventure integrated this mystical interpretation into his pre-existing moral-psychological interpretation of it and how his use of synderesis relates to the historical context in which the Itinerarium was written. I argue that synderesis should be seen as existing on a continuum of interpretations between moral psychology and mysticism. After Bonaventure and Aquinas, the concept undergoes a period of stagnation in academia, which is the subject of Chapter five. However, synderesis also appears in a number of non-academic texts in which the moral-psychological and mystical interpretations of the term coexist. Chapter six explores how Late Medieval vernacular authors drew on previous scholastic discussions of the concept. I focus here in particular on Guillaume de Deguileville's Le pèlerinage de l'âme, where synderesis appears not as the moral guide of the soul, but as the accuser of the soul before the court of heaven.

Despite having roots in 19th century Europe, Marxism had a deep impact on the trajectory of political ideas in the non-European world in the twentieth century. In particular, anti-colonial thinkers engaged productively with Marx’s ideas as part of their struggle against Empire. Yet, little attention has been paid to the displacements and innovations in political thought as a result of this encounter between anti-colonialism and Marxism. This dissertation aims to fill this gap by studying the history of Indian communism, focusing on the first three decades of the communist movement (1921-1950). I claim that this is an ideal time period to interrogate the formation of political ideas in India, since they presented themselves with particular intensity in the midst of an unfolding anti-colonial struggle, and arguably, the birth of the Indian political. The entry of communist ideas into the charged political environment of the 1920s had an impact on the ideological debates within the Indian polity, as well as stamping Indian communism with its own specific historicity. Through a tracing of debates among communist leaders, as well as their non-communist interlocutors, this work seeks to provide a novel lens to consider the relationship between ideas and their historical actualization, or between the universal and its instantiation in the particular. Moreover, the dissertation argues that the radically different socio-political and historical landscapes of Western Europe and colonial India necessitated a confrontation with the stagist view of history dominant in the history of Western Marxism, prompting novel theoretical work on the issue of political temporality. Consequently, the relationship between necessity and volition, central to enlightenment thought, was radically transformed in the colonial world, particularly in terms of its entanglement with the problem of subjective violence. Engagement with such questions not only impacted Indian political thought, but transformed global communism itself, putting into question the concept of an “originary site” for political ideas. Thus, this work intervenes in debates in three distinct registers: Global Intellectual History, Marxist theory and Indian political thought.

In this project a collaboration multimedia toolkit, JSCMT (Java Synchronized Collaborative Multimedia Toolkit) was developed which is intended to connect a group of people located in different geographical locations who are working on the same project.

У дисертації поглиблено дослідження наукового ландшафту визначення ролі та місця державної міграційної політики в системі управління національним господарством, що здійснено з використанням бенчмаркінг-інструментарію (Scopus Tools Analysis, Web of Science Analyze Results і Google Ngram Viewer) та бібліометричного аналізу (VOSviewer v. 1.6.13) у таких вимірах: змістовному (кластеризовано наукові патерни досліджень залежно від тісності їх взаємозв’язку), часовому (визначено періоди зростання публікаційної активності та основні етапи еволюції наукового доробку), просторовому (виявлено та описано інтернаціональні наукові альянси). Обґрунтовано напрямки реформування державної міграційної політики в Україні на основі формалізованих причинно-наслідкових зв’язків між рівнем чистого міграційного приросту та сукупністю параметрів розвитку національної економіки (рівні урбанізації, експортно-імпортного й бюджетного потенціалів, соціального та інфраструктурного розвитку, інноваційності, ефективності системи охорони здоров’я, фінансової стабільності) на основі результатів когнітивного моделювання. У роботі обґрунтовано основні напрями реалізації державної міграційної політики відповідно до Цілей сталого розвитку і ключових стейкхолдерів, що здійснено на основі виявлених фільтром Баттерворта флуктуацій часових рядів зміни індексу чистого міграційного приросту та ключових індикаторів досягнення Цілей сталого розвитку, а також засобами кореляційного аналізу – співпадіння/неспівпадіння виявлених трендів; Виявлено часові лаги, ретроспективні та прогнозовані зміни кількості вітчизняних емігрантів, обґрунтувати, що серед їх мотивів пошук можливостей працевлаштування домінує над потребами в зростанні добробуту. Для цього розроблено методологію дослідження трендів та структури еміграційного потоку у контексті таргетування регуляторних інтервенцій державної міграційної політики на основі результатів сценарного прогнозування (модель авторегресії та розподіленого лага ADL) динаміки зміни кількості емігрантів з України залежно від зміни рівнів безробіття та доходів на душу населення. Це дозволило виявити часові лаги, ретроспективні та прогнозовані зміни кількості вітчизняних емігрантів, обґрунтувати, що серед їх мотивів пошук можливостей працевлаштування домінує над потребами в зростанні добробуту. У роботі обґрунтовано впливу бренду країни на динаміку чистого міграційного потоку, що базується на поєднанні тестувань ANOVA, Шапіро – Уїлка та Левене, врахуванням емоційних уявлень та обізнаності потенційних мігрантів про країну, орієнтацією не на статичну, а на інтервальну оцінку сприйняття бренду країни її зовнішніми стейкхолдерами. Це дозволило на даних України та європейських країн емпірично підтвердити наявність динамічного тренду еміграційних потоків у ті країни, які сприймаються нерезидентами як такі, що демонструють більш високий потенціал, якість життя, культурні цінності та традиції. Розроблено методологію встановлення ролі конкурентоспроможності національної системи вищої освіти як детермінанти зміни міграційних процесів, яка впливає на залучення нових трудових ресурсів до країни та зменшення їх відпливу за кордон. Для цього у роботі розроблено дворівневий підхід, який на першому рівні передбачає кластеризацію європейських країн за інтегральним показником, що комплексно оцінює як кількісні, так і якісні характеристики системи вищої освіти, а також рівень її інтернаціоналізації, а на другому рівні – за допомогою logit- та probit-моделювання визначає ймовірність зміни інтенсивності міграційних процесів для кожного кластеру країн. Поглиблено наукові засади сценарного прогнозування динаміки чистого міграційного приросту населення залежно від характеру змін рівнів грамотності населення, його залученості до неформальної освіти, що на відміну від існуючих базується на поєднанні регресійного аналізу та імітаційного моделювання. На основі цього обґрунтовано напрямки синхронізації державної міграційної політики з освітніми реформами, зокрема щодо розвитку неформальної освіти та освіти впродовж усього життя. Розроблено методологічний інструментарій оцінювання впливу інтенсивності міграційних процесів на рівень економічної конвергенції України з країнами-членами Європейського Союзу, що засновано на дворівневий підхід дозволив: на основі поєднання модифікованої моделі Кобба – Дугласа та індексу Херфіндаля – Хіршмана довести, що для України та країн Вишеградської четвірки домінуючою міграційною детермінантою довгострокового економічного зростання є збільшення обсягів грошових переказів емігрантів у країну їх походження, а не зміна концентрації і поляризації населення цих країн у наслідок припливу іммігрантів; на основі моделей !- і "-конвергенції оцінити швидкість та час, необхідний для економічної конвергенції національної економіки з країнами-членами Європейського Союзу з урахуванням впливу інтенсивності міграційних процесів. Розвинуто науково-методичний підхід до оцінювання динамічного інтегрального індексу соціального прогресу як рефлектора державної міграційної політики, що базується на чотириетапному підході та передбачає оцінювання показників соціального розвитку (відібраних на основі Національної економічної стратегії на період до 2030 р.), визначення їх вагових коефіцієнтів ентропійним методом, а також дозволяє врахувати динамічний характер інтегрального індексу соціального прогресу, забезпечити однорідність та узгодженість у процесі порівняння рівнів соціального прогресу різних країн. Поглиблено методичний інструментарій оцінювання взаємовпливу індикаторів державної міграційної політики та рівня соціального прогресу країни у системі управління національної економіки, що здійснено шляхом оцінювання (узагальнюючим методом моментів Ареллано – Бонда) взаємного впливу міграційного приросту та інтегрального динамічного індикатора соціального прогресу. Це дозволило емпірично підтвердити високий рівень синхронізації державних міграційної та соціальної політик країн Вишеградської групи та відсутність такої узгодженості в Україні, обґрунтувати напрямки використання відповідних кращих бенчмарків під час реформування державної міграційної політики в Україні.
The dissertation is devoted to developing the theoretical and methodological basis for justification of the determinants and reflectors of efficiency of the government migration policy implementation, causal relationships between them, which identified the role and place it in the national economic management system. The thesis provided the bibliometric analysis using the benchmark-instruments Scopus Tools Analysis, Web of Science Analyze Results, Google Ngram Viewer and software VOSviewer v. 1.6.13. It allowed investigating the development of the scientific landscape of the role and place the government migration policy. The assessment of causal relationships (FCM-analysis) between net migration rate and indicators of economic growth (urbanization, export-import and budget potentials, social and infrastructural development, innovation, efficiency of the health care system, financial stability) confirmed the positive and negative interaction between them. The thesis developed the approach for justification of the core direction of government migration policy considering the sustainable development goals and stakeholders. It was based on Butterworth filter fluctuations of time series of the net migration rate changes and key indicators of the sustainable development goals, and the correlation analysis – coincidence/discrepancy of the revealed trends. Furthermore, the author developed an approach for assessing the links between migration and globalization processes in the reform of the government migration policy, which formalize causal relationships between the immigrants and the globalization processes (social, economic, and political dimensions) through complex a combination of ANOVA testing, least squares method and Granger test. It allowed to refute the hypothesis of globalization as a reflector of migration processes, but to confirm that political and social globalization are essential determinants of their activation, and on this basis to justify the socio-political targets of government migration policy reform in Ukraine. The author improved the methodology for studying trends and structure of emigration flow in the context of targeting regulatory interventions government migration policy, based on using scenario forecasting (autoregression model and distributed lag ADL) of emigrants from Ukraine depending on changes in unemployment and per capita income people. The author developed methodology and methodological tools (the principal components analysis and correlation-regression analysis) to assess government efficiency (both as a whole and on its separate components) as determinants of government migration policy. The hypothesis that the intensity of migration processes contributes to the acceleration of Ukraine's integration into the European community is empirically confirmed. The developed two-level approach allowed: 1) based on a combination of the modified Cobb-Douglas model and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index to prove that for Ukraine and the Visegrad countries, the dominant migration determinant of long-term economic growth is an increase in remittances and emigration and the polarization of the population of these countries due to the influx of immigrants; 2) based on the models of !- and "-convergence to estimate the speed and time required for economic convergence Ukraine with EU countries, considering the impact of migration processes intensity. Using the ANOVA test, Shapiro–Wilk and Levene tests, the methodology of justification of the country's brand impact on the net migration flow was developed. The proposed approach considers the emotional perceptions and awareness of potential migrants about the country, focusing not on static but interval assessment of the country's brand perception by its external stakeholders. It allowed empirically confirm the dynamic trend of emigration flows to those countries that non-residents perceive as those that demonstrate higher potential, quality of life, cultural values and traditions for Ukraine and European countries. The hypothesis that the competitiveness of the national higher education system is an important determinant that affects the attraction of new labour resources to the country and reduce their outflow abroad was confirmed. For this purpose, the two-level approach was applied. The first level involves the clustering of European countries by integrated indicator, which comprehensively assesses both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of higher education and its internationalization. At the second level – logit- and probit-modelling determines the probability of changing the intensity of migration processes for each cluster of countries. The scientific principles of scenario forecasting of the net migration rate of the population depending on the changes in literacy rate, population involvement in nonformal education, which is based on a combination of regression analysis and simulation, was developed. It allowed substantiating the directions of synchronization of government migration policy with educational reforms, particularly regarding the development of informal and lifelong education. The author developed the methodology for assessing the social progress of Ukraine and the Visegrad countries, which was based on a four-stage approach and involves assessing social development indicators (selected based on the National Economic Strategy until 2030), determining their entropy weights method, and also allows considering the dynamic nature of the social progress index, ensuring homogeneity and consistency in the comparing the social progress of the countries. Besides, the methodology for studying the coherence of government migration policy and social policy was improved. It assessed (using the Arellano-Bond method) the mutual influence of migration growth and social progress index.

Background InVietnam, the proportion of people aged 60 and above has increased rapidly in recent decades. The majority live in rural areas where socioeconomic status is more disadvantaged than in urban areas.Vietnam’s economic status is improving but disparities in income and living conditions are widening between groups and regions. A consistent and emerging danger of communicable diseases and an increase of non-communicable diseases exist concurrently. The emigration of young people and the impact of other socioeconomic changes leave more elderly on their own and with less family support. Introduction of user fees and development of a private sector improve the coverage and quality of health care but increase household health expenditures and inequalities in health care. Life expectancy at birth has increased, but not much is known about changes during old age. There is a lack of evidence, particularly in rural settings, about health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among older people within the context of socioeconomic changes and health-sector reform. Knowledge of long-term elderly care needs in the community and the relevant models are still limited. To provide evidence for developing new policies and models of care, this thesis aimed to assess general health status, health care needs, and perspectives on future health care options for community-dwelling older people. Methods An abridged life table was used to estimate cohort life expectancies at old age from longitudinal data collected by FilaBavi DSS during 1999-2006. This covered 7,668 people aged 60 and above with 43,272 person-years. A 2007 cross-sectional survey was conducted among people aged 60 and over living in 2,240 households that were randomly selected from the FilaBavi DSS. Interviews used a structured questionnaire to assess HRQoL, daily care needs, and willingness to use and to pay for models of care. Participant and household socioeconomic characteristics were extracted from the 2007 DSS re-census. Differences in life expectancy are examined by socioeconomic factors. The EQ-5D index is calculated based on the time trade-off tariff. Distributions of study subjects by study variables are described with 95% confidence intervals. Multivariate analyses are performed to identify socioeconomic determinants of HRQoL, need of support, ADL index, and willingness to use and pay for models of care. In addition, four focus group discussions with the elderly, their household members, and community association representatives were conducted to explore perspectives on the use of services by applying content analysis. Results Life expectancy at age 60 increased by approximately one year from 1999-2002 to 2003-2006, but tended to decrease in the most vulnerable groups. There is a wide gap in life expectancy by poverty status and living arrangement. The sex gap in life expectancy is consistent across all socioeconomic groups and is wider among the more disadvantaged populations.  The EQ-5D index at old age is 0.876. Younger age groups, position as household head, working, literacy, and belonging to better wealth quintiles are determinants of higher HRQoL. Ageing has a primary influence on HRQoL that is mainly due to reduction in physical (rather than mental) functions. Being a household head and working at old age are advantageous for attaining better HRQoL in physical rather than psychological terms. Economic conditions affect HRQoL through sensory rather than physical functions. Long-term living conditions are more likely to affect HRQoL than short-term economic conditions. Dependence in instrumental or intellectual activities of daily living (ADLs) is more common than in basic ADLs. People who need complete help are fewer than those who need some help in almost all ADLs. Over two-fifths of people who needed help received enough support in all ADL dimensions. Children and grand-children are confirmed to be the main caregivers. Presence of chronic illness, age groups, sex, educational level, marital status, household membership, working status, household size, living arrangement, residential area, household wealth, and poverty status are determinants of the need for care. Use of mobile teams is the most requested service; the fewest respondents intend to use a nursing centre. Households expect to use services for their elderly to a greater extent than did the elderly themselves. Willingness to use services decreases when potential fees increase. The proportion of respondents who require free services is 2 to 3 times higher than those willing to pay full cost. Households are willing to pay more for day care and nursing centres than are the elderly. The elderly are more willing to pay for mobile teams than are their households. ADL index, age group, sex, literacy, marital status, living arrangement, head of household status, living area, working status, poverty and household wealth are factors related to willingness to use services.   Conclusions                                                                                         There is a trend of increasing life expectancy at older ages in ruralVietnam. Inequalities in life expectancy exist between socioeconomic groups. HRQoL at old age is at a high level, but varies substantially according to socioeconomic factors. An unmet need of daily care for older people remains. Family is the main source of support for care. Need for care is in more demand among disadvantaged groups.  Development of a social network for community-based long-term elderly care is needed. The network should focus on instrumental and intellectual ADLs rather than basic ADLs. Home-based care is more essential than institutionalized care. Community-based elderly care will be used and partly paid for if it is provided by the government or associations. The determinants of elderly health and care needs should be addressed by appropriate social and health policies with greater targeting of the poorest and most disadvantaged groups. Building capacity for health professionals and informal caregivers, as well as support for the most vulnerable elderly groups, is essential for providing and assessing the services.
Aging and Living Conditions Program
Vietnam-Sweden Collaborative Program in Health, SIDA/Sarec

The work is devoted to the task of intellectual team’s management, namely the problem of their formation, adaptation and training. The paper presents a mathematical model of the multifactor estimation of intellectual team, allowing to choose the best of its composition from a plurality of possible options. To formalize the problem using utility theory, candidates in the team are assessed for their professional, profile and personality characteristics.

碩士
大葉大學
會計資訊學系碩士班
96
With technology improved and organizational competition increased, an enterprise has been tended to pay much attention to intangible assets in the recent years. Records indicate that intellectual capital has been regarded as a valuable asset that enhances firm performance. In the relationship between intellectual capital and firm performance, rare research discussed if it exists any factor that may enhance or moderate the relationship. The study aimed to investigate the effect of top management team characteristics and boards power on the relationship between intellectual capital and firm performance. Top management team and boards have regarded the representative of management and monitor mechanism. Despite intellectual capital can advance the value of firm and shareholder, it needs to rely on top management team and boards to handle. Then the members of top management team and boards should be the factors influence the rela-tionship between intellectual capital and firm output. Data of this study were drawn from all public-held companies in Taiwan (exclude from financial holding companies) from 2002 to 2006.The result showed that intellec-tual capital had a positive relationship with firm performance, and top management team characteristics and board’s power had interference effects. The study suggests that firm should let boards have its power to develop the function of monitor, and manage-ment who boards employed have responsibility to operate organization.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004.
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碩士
義守大學
管理碩博士班
106
In recent years the importance of intellectual capital is becoming essential for entrepreneurial firms, the major reason is because of their impact on implementation and formulation of strategies in business. However, there has been a less amount of studies that explore the relationship between intellectual capital and entrepreneurship. This thesis investigates the relation between intellectual capital of entrepreneurs team and the success of new venture and discover the influence the IC of ENT team on Success of New venture moderating by Psychological capital. It takes a qualitative research approach, based on total 30 interviews’ transcripts of famous entrepreneurs as secondary data to assimilation the skills and knowledge that entrepreneurs used to create their business successfully. This study uses a conceptual framework to analyze how intellectual capital of entrepreneur team impact on the success of new venture. It then explores how psychological capital of entrepreneurship influence on the firm success. Findings suggest that these companies management team human capital variety and relational capital are of greatest significance for their entrepreneurial performance. My study also explores the necessary intellectual capital which most of the entrepreneurs developed during the early stages of starting their ventures.

碩士
正修科技大學
資訊管理研究所
101
This study investigates the Inter-team Intellectual Capital and knowledge get the performance impact on innovation performance issues, Research facet contains intellectual capital across teams (complementary knowledge, communication practices, mutual trust), knowledge acquisition performance (breadth of knowledge, depth of knowledge, knowledge value, knowledge novelty), innovation performance, And joined the moderating effect of the Moderate Effect of Knowledge Absorption Capacity. Explore objects from Inter-team can complement knowledge management within the organization or team has always been to explore the interior of the tradition, the knowledge management research area more complete.In this study, "CommonWealth Magazine " of one thousand large companies surveyed for the study population, Data collection is based on the angle within the team members to get (each project team collected 2-5 questionnaires), In 102 years in March to begin survey operations, the study questionnaires were collected 40 teams (118 samples), Through statistical analysis showed that, Inter-team Complementary knowledge and positive relationship between knowledge acquisition performance (partially accepted); Inter-team communication practices and positive relationship between knowledge acquisition performance (partially accepted); Inter-team degree of mutual trust and the positive relationship between knowledge acquisition performance (full acceptance); Knowledge acquisition performance and a positive relationship between innovation performance (partially accepted); Knowledge absorptive capacity of knowledge acquisition will strengthen the performance of the positive impact on innovation performance (partially accepted). In the end submit proposals and practical implications.

碩士
國立政治大學
社會工作研究所
107
Most Sexual Education apprentice training courses for individuals who have intellectual disability are usually short-term. The Syin-Lu Social Welfare Foundation, have setup a Gender Research Development team (GRD) not only offer apprentices long-term courses and support but also provide other services and aides in this field. The investigator aimed to understand how the GRD operated, its output and impacts. Data were collected through in-depth interview and performed content analysis on the exiting documents.The results are as follows. 1. The fundamental goal in the apprentice training scheme is to use tertiary prevention and PLISSIT theories. The training of the apprentices is not only achieved through support and advice, but also by involving them in group training. This can also include the process known as “learning from doing” to provide service learning in their training. 2. The knowledge and skills that are provided by GRD don’t see“sexuality” as a danger, they also teach apprentices to understand and identify the common characteristics of persons with intellectual disability, and then help to develop a suitable teaching model for their service users. 3. Apart from apprentice training courses, GRD also offer services for the persons with intellectual disability, their families and professional service workers. Additionally the GRD publish books and hold relevant conferences. 4. The GRD also offer training courses such as, Sexual Attitude, Sexual Knowledge and Sexual Strategy, towards GRD’s subjects. Which brings a positive influence in the learning. Key words: Intellectual disability, Sexual Education, apprentice training courses.

碩士
國立政治大學
智慧財產研究所
99
Sun Moon Lake black tea is a local tea growth in the specific area of Yuchi in Taiwan. Although its fine quality, owing to Yuchi’s unique growing conditions with long history comparable to world-renowned black teas, but lacks corresponding price and popularity. Intellectual Resources Planning (“IRP”) is a method for conducting industry and market research, including intellectual resources to identify competitive advantages in product positioning. IRP involves a combination of tangible products as well as intellectual resources into an existing business model to maximize value. Currently most of the teas in Yuchi are sold by individual farmers, various private labels and small supply chains are formed independently, making it difficult to integrate resources. Other problems which lead to weaken competitiveness include inadequate plant variety rights, over-patenting of methods and technologies, insufficient documentation in tea production, low credibility of geographical indications of the products, and the fact that tea production techniques are largely tacit knowledge. For the above reasons, Yuchi’s tea industry should prioritize intellectual resources depending on the core content of value activities to strengthen the competitive advantages of small tea farmers. It is also critical to implement traceability systems to track the authentic products so as to the credibility can be preserved and defend.

碩士
國立體育大學
體育推廣學系
103
The purpose of this study was to explore the current operation condition of school sport volunteer teams, and to analyze the application of the intellectual capital and service innovation theory for school sport volunteer teams. The researcher took the volunteer experts, volunteer management organization related personnel, and advisors of school sport volunteer teams as the research subject, used qualitative case study method. By literature analysis and semi-structured depth interviews, the conclusion of this study was as follows：First of all, the operation procedure of school sport volunteer teams were set in the following order: developed the training and service plan of school sport volunteer team, by recruiting, training, practicing and assessing performance, issued the school sport volunteer certificate, excuted each voluntary service work. The advisor had the essential influence to the management and operation of school sport volunteer team. Second, the aspects of school sport volunteer team intellectual capital included human capital, structure capital and social capital. The study found the increasing of volunteer team intellectual capital by the way as follows: planning volunteer human resource, establishing volunteer information platform, designing standard operating procedure of the voluntary service, arranging the volunteer training and development courses, improving the quality of voluntary service, raising the satisfaction degree of service objects, and enhancing public relations of school sport volunteer teams. Third, the service innovation of school sport volunteer teams can be divided into different categories: the voluntary service for the school sport service, community sport service, sport event service, vulnerable group sport service, and foreign sport voluntary service. In addition, the aspects of school sport volunteer team service innovation included service object, service bundling, service delivery process and service scape innovation. Because of the environmental change, the school sport volunteer team should utilize the intellectual capital effectively, grasps the volunteerism spirit and manner, continues to integrate, establish, restructure, and innovate the volunteer organization resources, continues to provide the high quality voluntary service and innovation to the diverese service targets. Finally, the researcher based on the conclusions of this study, proposed the related suggestions for school sport volunteer organizations and future researches.

The need for faster, more flexible and less risky ways for organisations to expand their capabilities and competencies increasingly lead to the formation and proliferation of networking strategies and partners. Understanding the potential contribution that CoP membership can provide within these teams is a step towards developing and refining a strategy to support and enhance the speedy progression of the team towards a productive phase. The study shows that membership of researchers to the same or similar CoPs have some impact on the norming stage, and assist in reaching the performing / productive stage faster in team development. The survey in particular has indicated that similar standards, practices, terminology, ethics, standards, peer recognition, trust and a sense of belonging have more of an impact on the productive phase of team forming, than on the norming phase. The hard factors such as terminology, standards and similar practices have a strong correlation with the softer factors such as a sense of belonging and trust. This information should be utilised in both the socialisation processes in academic institutions as part of the education of professionals, as well as organisational approaches to Research and Development (R&D), information sharing and development of the researchers. The paper also highlights emerging organisational and strategic Best Practices currently prevalent in R&D teams and collaborative projects. It is clear that research collaborations cuts across the whole spectrum of business and management areas - from strategy, across intellectual property issues, finance, strategic human resource management, R&D management and innovation, knowledge management, organisational values and culture, and many more. To support innovation and R&D on a strategic level, both internally and on inter-firm collaborations, requires a review of the total organisational strategy, culture and norms in an organisation. Innovation and R&D support should be a holistic approach, with strategic and pro-active risk management supported by appropriate strategic human resources management and systems. Literature on CoPs, teams, social capital (SC), knowledge management (KM), intellectual capital (IC), intellectual property (IP), strategy and governance provide theoretical grounding.
Business Leadership
Ph. D.

碩士
國立彰化師範大學
特殊教育系所
104
The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of aerobic exercise to enhance short-term memory for students with intellectual disabilities. Three junior high school students with intellectual disabilities were served as the subjects. This study employed the multiple-probe technique across subjects, variation of the multiple-baseline designs. The independent variable of this research was aerobic exercise, whereas the dependent variables were the immediate and maintenance effects of aerobic exercise to enhance short-term memory for students with intellectual disabilities. The experiment was divided into three phases, respectively the baseline period, the treatment period, and the maintenance period. The short-term memory test was developed by the researcher. The collected data was analyzed with visual inspection and C statistics. There are two major findings. First, the aerobic exercise to enhance short-term memory for students with intellectual disabilities has immediate effects. Secondly, the maintenance effects of aerobic exercise to enhance short-term memory for students with intellectual disabilities depends on the subject’s own memory ability. According to the findings mentioned above, suggestions were proposed for the teaching of the teachers, and relevant studies in the future.

博士
國立政治大學
科技管理研究所
95
The scholars who studied the field of intellectual capital (IC) argued that IC was the main source of organizational competitive advantages. Besides, they thought that the better the IC a company has, the better the business can have the ability to generate innovative performance. However, the relationship between IC and innovative performance needs to be explored further, because of being inconsistent with some practical cases. This research proposed that the view of IC could not explain appropriately why organizations could generate better innovative performance in the dynamic environment. Besides, the scholars who studied IC seldom distinguished “static IC” from “dynamic ability for utilizing IC”. Whereas, this research proposed that these two constructs were different concepts, and would like to explore the impact of utilizing IC on innovative performance. On the other hand, in order to explain why some enterprises could keep their competitive advantages in the rapidly changing environment, some scholars proposed the viewpoints of dynamic capabilities (DCs). This research argues that it has a directly significant effect of DCs on innovative performance, and DCs are the critical factors for utilizing IC. This research proposes that DCs are complex constructs. Therefore, we should clarify these constructs and provide an appropriate measurement tool with reliability and validity, if we would like to measure them. This research adopted qualitative and quantitative researches simultaneously to demonstrate these arguments. After clarifying the definition of DCs and extracting the components of DCs from the literature review, this research deduced several hypotheses and formed the research framework. This research selected the research team of N University for developing wireless nano-bio systems as a case, and thoroughly explored two of its radically innovative projects, including Anti-SARS R&D project and sensor chip for wireless nano-biotach R&D project. Through observing their response to the rapidly changing external environment, this research illustrated the impact of IC and DCs of R&D team on its innovative performance. By the two-stage observation, analysis and induction of this case, we could understand the preliminary power in explaining this research model, and amend the hypotheses. As for quantitative research, first, according to the scale developing steps, suggested by Hinkin (1998), this research developed the measurement tool of DCs with five stages and three samples to measure the concept of DCs precisely. Secondly, after developing the measurement scale of DCs, which surpassed the acceptable level for reliability, content validity, goodness of fit, convergent validity and discriminate validity, this research utilized the third sample testing the hypotheses to confirm the relationships among IC, DCs, and innovative performance of the R&D teams. The results showed that the concept of DCs is a multi-level and multi-dimension construct, which is composed of combinative capabilities, absorptive capacity and flexibility. In addition, it can be measured by three-dimension and eight-factor scale with nineteen items. As for the hypothesis testing, there were nine hypotheses in this research. Seven of them were supported, however, two of them were not supported. The results confirmed the main arguments of this research. That is, it doesn’t have a significant effect of IC on R&D team’s innovative performance. However, it does have a significant effect of DCs on R&D team’s innovative performance. In addition, the results showed that combinative capabilities and absorptive capacity are mediators. The combinative capabilities fully mediated the effect of absorptive capacity on innovative performance. The absorptive capacity also fully mediated the effects of human capital and relationship capital on the combinative capabilities. Meanwhile, the results showed that flexibility is a moderator, which enhanced the effects of different ICs on absorptive capacity. Finally, this research got two special observations. First, there are two dimensions of R&D energy promotion for R&D teams with DCs. Secondly, it is a type of “flexible sphere organization” for the R&D teams with DCs, so that they can respond to the rapidly changing external environment.

碩士
國防醫學院
公共衛生學研究所
105
Background: The prevalence of psychological illness, such as depression and anxiety in adolescent with intellectual disability(ID) is higher than typical developing adolescent. There are lots of factors would associated with mental health in their growth trajectory, especially parental factors. Parent-child relationships are much more important to adolescent with ID, because of their reduced coping resources. Researches have shown that proper parental monitoring has been thought as an important parenting practice in reducing adolescent’s mental health problem. But there are few studies take adolescent with ID as participants. Aim: The purpose of this study was to understand the short-term and long-term influences of parental monitoring, parent-child relationship, and parental conflict on mental health in adolescent with ID. In order to understand the relationship between parental monitoring and metal health among adolescent with ID during their growth trajectory, structure equation modeling was used to finds out the paths how parental monitoring affects mental health among with ID. Method: Participants derived from annual interviews of the SNELS. This study conclude 1993-1994 birth and 1995-1996 birth cohorts using SPSS 22 to present descriptive statistics. Further, this study performed structural equation modeling with SmartPLS 3.0. Result: The association between parental monitoring and mental health are different on 1993-1994 birth and 1995-1996 birth cohorts. 9th grade’s parental monitoring was related to lower 10th grade’s mental health problem, but 10th grade’s parental monitoring affect 12th grade’s mental health problem through 12th parental conflict. On the other hand, negative parent-child relationship and parental conflict was related to higher mental health problem. Conclusion: During high school, parents should pay more attention to their adolescent with ID so that they can feel be cared and supported. When adolescents in senior high school, they desire for more independence. They will spend more time on peers, so there is an increase parental conflict during puberty. In order to decrease parental conflict and increase positive parent-child relationship, proper caring and monitoring is needed. Given that we can avoid mental health problem form happening.

Physical inactivity, a modifiable risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) both in persons with intellectual disability (ID) and non-ID, is considered the fourth leading cause of death in the world. Long-term regular participation in physical activity is associated with a reduced risk for CHD. Literature currently lacks evidence on the effect of long-term physical activity on the functional capacity and risk factors for developing CHD in persons with ID. The purpose of this study was firstly, to determine the effect of a long-term physical activity intervention on the risk factors associated with developing CHD and secondly the effect of a combined aerobic and resistance physical activity intervention on the functional capacity of persons with ID. A cohort of seventy-four (74) participants living in a care facility in Potchefstroom, South Africa, participated in this study, a seven-year follow-up physical activity intervention study. To determine the effect of a seven-year combined aerobic and resistance exercise intervention programme, data was collected in 2006 and in 2013. At baseline (2006) and end (2013), a CHD risk profile was determined by means of a questionnaire and physical assessment. The physical assessment included resting blood pressure, peripheral glucose and cholesterol measurements, and body composition by means of body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body fat percentage derived from skinfold measurements. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed by means of the adapted sub-maximal YMCA bicycle ergometer protocol from which a physical work capacity (PWC) was calculated. The participants followed a structured physical activity intervention two days per week for at least 45 minutes for a seven year period. The exercise intervention consists of cardiorespiratory exercises, muscle stretches and muscle endurance exercises. All data analyses were performed with SPSS 22.0 (IBM SPSS Statistics, Armonk, NY) statistical analysis software programme. The descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviations) as well as frequencies were calculated to describe the characteristics of the participants and the point prevalence of the CHD risk factors. General Linier Model analyses were applied to determine the significant changes in CHD risk factors measured from baseline to end with adjustment for baseline measurements. McNemar exact test indicated significant changes in the point prevalence of the CHD risk factors from baseline to end. The relationship between the changes in the cardiorespiratory fitness and the measured risk factors were performed with a partial correlation analysis adjusting for age in 2013. The level of significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. The results indicate that the prevalence of inactivity decreased with 50% after the seven-year intervention program. Prevalence of age as a risk factor for developing CHD increased significantly post-intervention from 10% to 18%. Body mass decreased significantly in men (1.25 ± 5.43 kg) and increased significantly in women (0.15 ± 6.83kg). BMI changes reflect changes in body mass of the participants. Body fat percentages increased both in men (2.98%) and in women (0.95%). A significant increase in systolic blood pressure (6.2 ± 10.1 mmHg) for men and diastolic blood pressure (6.35 ± 10.42 mmHg) for women was found. Physical work capacity in both male (1.90 ± 0.73 watt/kg) and female (1.55 ± 0.43 watt/kg) participants decreased to 1.43 ± 0.45 watt/kg and 1.14 ± 0.46 watt/kg respectively during the intervention period. Although a correlation between changes in PWC and the risk factors for CHD was found, none of the correlations was significant when adjusted for age in 2013. The conclusion drawn from this study is that a long-term physical activity intervention in a population with ID reduced the point prevalence for physical inactivity and overweight and obesity, in spite of a decrease in cardiorespiratory fitness. The changes in cardiorespiratory fitness did not relate to the changes observed in the risk factors of CHD.
MSc (Biokinetics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

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亞洲大學
長期照護研究所在職專班
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Assessment of nutritional status with modified Mini Nutritional assessment (MNA) of adults with Intellectual Disabilities in a long-term care institution in Taiwan Background: Nutritional abnormalities in individuals with mental disability can affect their susceptibility to diseases and infections, hospitalization, cognition status, activities of daily living (ADL) and even the quality of life. Routine monitoring of their nutritional status is important for avoiding these extra risks. Objective: This study was aimed to examine the possibility of using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) for monitoring the nutritional status of adults with mental disability. Design: Purposive sampling. Setting: A religious group-managed living center for mentally disabled persons in Central Taiwan Methods: 104 (59 male & 45 female) adult residents of the center were recruited to participate in the study after each of their guardians signed an informed consent. Each subject was interviewed and anthropometrically measured. Their interview dates were arranged to correspond with their annual physical check-up covered under the Universal Healthcare Insurance Program of Taiwan. The interview included personal data and questions in the MNA. The nutritional status of each subject was assessed with three versions of the MNA, the original, MNA-T1 which adopted population-specific anthropometric cut-points, and MNA-T2 which had the BMI in the scale replaced with calf-circumference (CC). Results: Results showed the original MNA rated 7 (6.7%) subjects malnourished and 29 (27.9%) at risk of malnutrition; MNA-T1 rated 7 (6.7%) and 15 (14.4%), and MNA-T2 rated 6 (5.8%) and 18 (17.3%), respectively. Analysis of these results with Friedman Test suggested significant differences existed among the versions. Post hoc analysis with Wilcoxon signed-Rank test revealed that the pattern of nutritional status predicted with the original MNA was significantly different from that predicted with the MNA-T1 and T2, but the patterns predicted with the two modified versions were not different from each other. MNA scores of the three versions were also significantly correlated with hemoglobin, ADL, hospital length of stay, number of emergency visit, number of chronic diseases and number of prescribed medicine. Regression analysis indicated that ADL, emergency visit and hospital length of stay were the major associated factors of the nutritional status. Conclusions: Results of this study indicate that the MNA, especially version T2, can be an effective tool for routine monitoring the nutritional risk status of Taiwanese adults with mental disabilities. The tool can enhance the efficiency of the primary healthcare workers. Routine monitoring of the nutritional risk status coupled with timely intervention can reduce the risk associated with malnutrition and can also help to enhance the quality of life of the mentally disabled individuals.

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大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among intellectual capital, job satisfaction and organizational commitment for the Employees of Bubble Tea Shop in Central Taiwan. Through quantitative research methods, questionnaire survey method for empirical analysis。560 copies of questionnaires were distributed and 558 valid questionnaires, the effective rate of 99.6%.Pearson and Regression analysis were used to study the correlation between the varying factors, collection of real result as follows： 1.Intellectual capital and organizational commitment have significant positive relationship. 2.Intellectual capital and job satisfaction have significant positive relationship. 3.Job satisfaction and organizational commitment have significant positive relationship. 4.Job satisfaction was found to have partially mediating effect between intellectual capital and organizational commitment . Finally, according to the conceptual framework and research findings, the study provided some meanings and suggestions in the theories, empirical studies, practices and future directions. Keywords：Intellectual Capital, Job Satisfaction,Organizational Commitment

Mildly intellectually disabled (MID) learners, in South Africa, experience a great deal of discrimination. For the Black MID learner, the situation has been the worst in that even at a time when their white counterparts received education in separate schools, nothing of the sort existed for them. Most of them found themselves in ordinary schools, a situation described by many authors as "mainstreaming by default". The new education dispensation of 1994 brought along with it the need to begin looking at ways in which these learners are to be accommodated in the education system. However, such accommodation is made difficult by the fact that teachers are not familiar with ways of catering for diversity in the classrooms. An investigation was undertaken of the phenomenon mild intellectual disability. The characteristics of these learners were studied, in order to understand how these characteristics impact on their learning. The teaching principles and learning principles that make it easier for them to learn were studied. Most of these learners experience problems with reading, writing and mathematics. Existing educational programmes in developed and developing countries were examined, together with aspects of those programmes that might be of use in South Africa. A closer look was taken at provisions for these learners in South Africa before the new dispensation. An empirical study was undertaken to investigate what manifestations these learners display, how they are assisted once they are identified and to establish if teachers receive any support from parents, school management teams and the Department of Education. Finally, it was investigated if methods used for Outcomes-Based Education can be used to accommodate MID learners. Implications were then tabled on three levels, namely, the macro level, which is the provincial level, where decisions regarding educational policy and legislation for the Province are made, the meso level, which concerns implementation at the district level, and the micro level, which is the school itself. This level concerns the teacher's task in the classroom. Finally, a training manual for school support teams was designed, tested and finalised as a document to be used in assisting teachers to support MID learners
Early Childhood Education and Development
D. Ed. (Special Needs Education)

This research examines the way employees perceive risk in a non-governmental healthcare organisation that provides care and support for people with mental, intellectual and physical disabilities. Thirty-four respondents from all levels and services within an NGO participated in in-depth semi-structured interviews to explore the meaning of the concept of risk from their own viewpoints, as well as their perspectives regarding types and sources of risk in their work and initiatives for controlling and dealing with such types and sources. This involved discussing the role of training in improving the awareness of employees in minimising risk, and the effect of training on the entire risk management process. Additional information was obtained by the researcher from documentation and personal observation. Themes that emerged from analysing data pointed to the interrelated link between perception and risk. Accordingly, the study found that risk is culturally constructed, individualistic, and subjective. It was evident that risk is a perceptual matter affected by beliefs, feelings, knowledge, culture, image, context, and the experience of people. The culture of fear of risk and of perceiving risk as something purely negative was dominant among the participants, who viewed risk as an unfavourable issue that does not have opportunities, which creates another source of risk – the risk of perception of risk. This research demonstrates that the perceptual aspect of risk emphasises the central role of people in any risk management process. For effective risk management, all perspectives should be considered. This requires a participatory system of managing risk, improving the awareness of people about risk, and modifying the culture of risk among them. Training has a significant role in the achievement of these fundamentals.