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Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

open access: yesNew Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
wiley   +1 more source

About Managers, Competence and Efficiency [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Management Comparat International, 2015
Achieving a high efficiency, both a managerial and an economic one, represents the desideratum of any manager, regardless of his position in a socio-economic entity.
Ion VERBONCU, Andreea CONDURACHE
doaj  

Managerial Dynamics as a Deciding factor for Corporate Social Disclosures among Quoted Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria

open access: yesFUDMA Journal of Accounting and Finance Research (FUJAFR), 2023
The continuous growth and expansion in the global economy with its attendant consequences on the environment and society have necessitated the increasing push by stakeholders for companies’ world over to disclose their social impacts on society ...
Mubaraq Sanni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Managerial Behavior Determine Farm Technical Efficiency? A Case of Grape Production in an Economy in Transition

open access: yes, 2011
This study explores how farmers’ managerial behavior in their production planning processes influences the economic performance of their farms, measured through input-oriented and output-oriented technical efficiency.
Hansson, Helena,   +2 more
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NFDI MatWerk Ontology (MWO): A BFO‐Compliant Ontology for Research Data Management in Materials Science and Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the NFDI‐MatWerk Ontology (MWO), a Basic Formal Ontology‐based framework for interoperable research data management in materials science and engineering (MSE). Covering consortium structures, research data management resources, services, and instruments, MWO enables semantic integration, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and ...
Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current Status and Challenges in Data Collection for Aerospace Coatings Deposited by Plasma Spraying

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
An innovative approach has been integrated into the GRENAT project to optimize plasma spraying and coating performance. Raw materials are accelerated and melted in the plasma generated by torches, creating coatings. Monitoring sensors collect process data which are combined with ex situ characterization data.
Lila Randriamananjara   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Resources? Efficiency and Technology as Explanations for the English Premier League’s Advantage over the Polish Ekstraklasa

open access: yesGospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics
This study compares the technical efficiency and technological level of professional football clubs from the Polish Ekstraklasa and the English Premier League over the 2021/22–2023/24 seasons.
Karolina Nessel, Szczepan Kościółek
doaj   +1 more source

Do Able Bank Managers Exhibit Specific Attributes? An Empirical Analysis of Their Investment Efficiency

open access: yesAdministrative Sciences, 2020
We analyze the association between managerial ability in banks and three different typologies of investments that demand significant resources: capital, research and development (R&D), and acquisition expenditures.
Isabel-María García-Sánchez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontology‐Aligned Structuring and Reuse of Multimodal Materials Data and Workflows Toward Automatic Reproduction

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Reproduction of stacking fault energy calculations from literature with a semi‐automated large language model‐assisted extraction procedure: extraction of simulation protocol, atomistic structures, computational parameters, and reported results, ontology alignment, knowledge graph construction and, finally, recomputation forvalidation.
Sepideh Baghaee Ravari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy Efficiency Board 2020 programs and operations report.

open access: yes, 2021
Annual; Began with 2010; ceased with 2011.; At head of title: Connecticut Energy Efficiency ...
Connecticut. Energy Efficiency Board.
core   +1 more source

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