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Penta Helix Collaboration Model Involving Reserve Component Personnel in Disaster Resilience in Malang Regency
This study aims to analyze the Penta helix collaboration model for involving reserve component personnel in disaster resilience in Malang Regency. A qualitative approach was used with an in-depth interview method involving nine informants from various Penta helix actors, namely academia, business, the community, government, and the Media. The main findings indicate that the Penta helix collaboration model has the potential to enhance disaster resilience in Malang Regency. Its strengths lie in inclusive participation, transparency, clear leadership, and the commitment of stakeholders. However, there are still weaknesses, such as a lack of coordination, limited resources, and suboptimal role understanding that hinder the involvement of reserve component personnel. Each actor makes significant contributions: academics provide knowledge, businesses aid in logistics, communities engage in mitigation and emergency response, the government formulates policies, and the media disseminates information. Major challenges include a lack of coordination, limited resources, miscoordination, bureaucracy, insufficient training, and unclear legal frameworks. Improvement efforts include strengthening coordination, increasing resource capacity, clarifying roles, developing guidelines, and enhancing training. In conclusion, the Penta helix collaboration model in Malang Regency has great potential but requires improvements to enhance its effectiveness, providing insights for stakeholders to strengthen disaster resilience in the region.
Future trends and main concepts of adaptive facade systems
There is a growing interest in adaptive facade technologies to counter overheating problems and well‐being concerns in smart and high‐performance buildings. However, traditional literature review studies do not necessarily provide deep insights into the future trends of adaptive facade technologies. To address these limitations, this paper proposes a novel conceptual framework and technological classification for adaptive facades in the future. Our research methodology includes a literature review expert interviews and content analysis. In‐depth interviews with 27 international adaptive facade experts were conducted with a focus on the European context. The results categorize the adaptive facade technologies under four promising families and present a conceptual framework that identifies human‐centered design, smart building operating systems, service‐driven solutions, circularity, and materials as the main drivers of the facade technological advancements. Overall, this methodology yields new and rich qualitative knowledge related to adaptive facades; however, it has certain limitations, such as being time‐consuming. The research provides insights on future delivery processes and the future structural trends of adaptive facades. The new categorization and framework articulate the multifunctionality and performance requirements of facade technologies including smartness, automation, comfort, and well‐being. This paper aims to provide deep insights into the future trends of adaptive facade technologies. The results categorize the adaptive facade technologies under four promising families and present a conceptual framework that identifies human‐centered design, smart building operating systems, service‐driven solutions, circularity, and materials as the main drivers of the facade technological advancements. The new categorization and framework articulate the multifunctionality and performance requirements of facade technologies including smartness, automation, comfort, and well‐being.
Assessing the EU Energy Efficiency Label for Appliances: Issues, Potential Improvements and Challenges
The EU Energy Efficiency (EE) label for appliances, readjusted in March 2021 (Directive 2017/1369/EU), is a key instrument for nudging consumers towards more energy-efficient purchases. However, its effectiveness depends on its design, the information provided and consumers’ understanding of and trust in it. This paper seeks to contribute to the assessment of the EE label for appliances and to identify issues, potential improvements and challenges for successfully nudging consumers towards highly energy-efficient choices. To that end, 33 in-depth interviews have been conducted with three different groups (citizens, appliance retailers and experts in energy) to ascertain the opinions and experiences of different agents as to consumers’ preferences and opinions on EE and energy consumption. We focus on purchasing decision-making by Spanish consumers for the three main appliances: washing machines, fridges and dishwashers. The EE label for appliances seems to be well-known and reliable for consumers. The main weakness lies in people’s understanding of its content rather than in its design. The coloured alphabetical EE scale seems to be well understood and the restored A–G scale of the readjusted label positively valued. However, we find comprehension issues with regard to the information on energy consumption and the technical data at the bottom of the label. Monetary information on energy consumption seems to facilitate consumers’ understanding, but it is technically challenging due to the complexity of the unit of measurement. Results are discussed, taking into account the relevant literature.
Women's experiences of age‐related discontinuation from mammography screening: A qualitative interview study
Introduction In Denmark, women are discontinued from mammography screening at age 69 due to decreased likelihood of benefits and increased likelihood of harm. The risk of harm increases with age and includes false positives, overdiagnosis and overtreatment. In a questionnaire survey, 24 women expressed unsolicited concerns about being discontinued from mammography screening due to age. This calls for further investigation of experiences related to discontinuation from screening. Methods We invited the women, who had left comments on the questionnaire, to participate in in‐depth interviews with the purpose to explore their reactions, preferences, and conceptions about mammography screening and discontinuation. The interviews lasted 1–4 h and were followed up with a telephone interview 2 weeks after the initial interview. Results The women had high expectations of the benefits of mammography screening and felt that participation was a moral obligation. Following that, they perceived the screening discontinuation as a result of societal age discrimination and consequently felt devalued. Further, the women perceived the discontinuation as a health threat, felt more susceptible to late diagnosis and death, and therefore sought out new ways to control their risk of breast cancer. Conclusion Our findings indicate that the age‐related discontinuation from mammography screening might be of more importance than previously assumed. This study raises important questions about screening ethics, and we encourage research to explore this in other settings. Patient and Public Contribution This study was conducted as a result of the women's unsolicited concerns about being discontinued from screening. This particular group contributed to the study with their own statements, interpretations and perspectives on the discontinuation of screening, and the initial analysis of data was discussed with the women during follow‐up interviews.
Explorations of Young People’s Sense of Place Using Urban Design Qualities in Surabaya, Indonesia
This study aims to assess a sense of place in the context of an Indonesian city through real-time walking experience. With rapid urban development, the cityscape may change, leading to a lack of a sense of place. Here, the sense of place was measured by utilizing individual reactions to different urban design qualities and perceptual qualities during walking. Previous methods on visitors’ evaluation of places, walking experience and photographing, were adapted by adding two more stages: in-depth interviews and a workshop, obtaining participants’ opinions and behaviours. The analysis results showed that the participants experienced the sense of place through physical and non-physical features corresponding to walking speed. While the old buildings and ornament details attracted participants’ attention, this study demonstrated that the two-way interaction with residents also strengthened the sense of place. The major finding was that the participants were concerned about improving pedestrian infrastructure and the conservation of old buildings in the area. With the assistance of in-depth interviews and a workshop, participants’ perspectives were visually reflected in a comprehensive way. This study may be helpful for urban planners to manage the sense of place in historic city centres under the pressure of rapid urban development.
SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE: \AMALGAM\ NARRATIVES OF POLISH NATURAL SCIENTISTS
This article deals with phenomena occurring at the interface of the existential, the religious, and scientific inquiry. On the basis of in‐depth interviews with Polish physicists and biologists, I examine the role that science and religion play in their narrative of the meaning of the Universe and human life. I show that the narratives about meaning have a system‐related (“amalgam\") character that is associated with responses to adjacent metaphysical questions, including those based on scientific knowledge. I reconstruct the typical amalgam questions of Polish scientists and come to a conclusion about the stability of religious and nonreligious amalgams in this group. Critically referring to the thesis concerning the secularizing impact of science, I conclude that science by itself does not have a destructive effect on Polish scientists’ confidence that life and the Universe are meaningful, but is rather an exacerbating factor of the existing worldview system.
Experiencing Knowledge: Gathering Interpretations While Dwelling With Festival Volunteer Realities
In pursuit of new knowledge production in (Festival) Events Studies, this article explores the space where Festival and Knowledge Studies converge and argues the case for interpretations of lived experiences to generate trustworthy and quality outputs. Interpretivist (hermeneutic) treatments of (phenomenological) lived experiences offer alternatives to traditional approaches, particularly when exploring \"fuzzy concepts\" that defy simple explanations and measurements. This article's purpose is to advance methodological plurality in (Festival) Events Studies and examines a research study and its associated design choices. The project in focus gathered lived experiences of knowledge-sharing activities among festival volunteers as recorded in diaries and through depth interviews, both of which informed the researcher's interpretations and four final themes. This article demonstrates the need for robust standards in gathering rich and deep phenomenological \"data,\" and supports interpretivists' contributions to reveal new perspectives on the practice and possession of knowledge for Events Studies.
“Willing to Do Anything for My Kids”: Inventive Mothering, Diapers, and the Inequalities of Carework
Prior research highlights how mothers across social classes express similar beliefs that good parenting adheres to the tenets of intensive mothering by being child-centered, time-consuming, and self-sacrificing. Yet intensive mothering ideologies emphasize parenting tactics that assume children’s basic needs are met, while ignoring how mothers in poverty devise distinctive childrearing strategies and logics to perform carework demanded by deprivation, discrimination, and a meager social safety net. I theorize inventive mothering that instead highlights the complexity and agency of poor mothers’ innovative efforts to ensure children’s access to resources, protect children from the harms of poverty and racism, and present themselves as fit parents in the context of intersecting gender, class, and race stigma. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 70 mothers who experienced diaper need, I conceptualize diaper work as a case of inventive mothering that involves extensive physical, cognitive, and emotional labor. These findings show how focusing on childrearing practices experienced as “intense” from the point of view of more affluent, white mothers perpetuates inequalities by obscuring the complex labor poor mothers, especially poor mothers of color, perform when there is limited public support for fundamental aspects of childcare.