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The COVID-19 has placed pandemic modeling at the forefront of the whole world's public policymaking. Nonetheless, forecasting and modeling the COVID-19 medical waste with a detoxification center of the COVID-19 medical wastes remains a challenge. This work presents a Fuzzy Inference System to forecast the COVID-19 medical wastes. Then, people are divided into five categories are divided according to the symptoms of the disease into healthy people, suspicious, suspected of mild COVID-19, and suspicious of intense COVID-19. In this regard, a new fuzzy sustainable model for COVID-19 medical waste supply chain network for location and allocation decisions considering waste management is developed for the first time. The main purpose of this paper is to minimize supply chain costs, the environmental impact of medical waste, and to establish detoxification centers and control the social responsibility centers in the COVID-19 outbreak. To show the performance of the suggested model, sensitivity analysis is performed on important parameters. A real case study in Iran/Tehran is suggested to validate the proposed model. Classifying people into different groups, considering sustainability in COVID 19 medical waste supply chain network and examining new artificial intelligence methods based on TS and GOA algorithms are among the contributions of this paper. Results show that the decision-makers should use an FIS to forecast COVID-19 medical waste and employ a detoxification center of the COVID-19 medical wastes to reduce outbreaks of this pandemic. © 2023, Crown.
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In recent years, the field of Narrative Pharmacy was introduced, which particularly addresses the pharmacist not only to guide a relationship of listening to and caring for the patient but also to strengthen and motivate toward the profession, improve relationships with colleagues, enhance the ability to teamwork, and understand emotions. In this paper, we report the analysis behind the construction of the Value Chart from the personal narratives of members of the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy. Each member's subjective professional experiences and their own view of themselves within society were collected through a semi-structured interview. Personal thinking, including experiences, feelings, opinions, desires, and regrets was classified by objective methods, from which main concepts were extracted for the Value Chart. The feedback to the survey, including activities during the Covid-19 pandemic management, is classified according to the analytical methods of Kleinman, Frank, Bury and Launer-Robinson. Regarding sentiment analysis, the emotional and subjective context of the text provides an ideal baseline to validate the result. The analysis was implemented using neural networks trained on dictionaries and natural language (i.e., Tweets). The originality of the work lies in the fact that generally value charters are built on a Society's values. In contrast, in this case, individual contributions were gathered to complement the ethical values on which the society is founded. © 2022 IEEE.
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Spare parts play an important role in supporting capital goods maintenance, contributing to downtime reduction and lifetime extension. However, once systems are becoming more and more advanced, and their reliability has also increased, both trends enlarged the amount of components with low demand, and spare parts management are becoming more complicated. Consequently, given the mindset change about delivery times with Covid-19 pandemic and the concern related to global spending in aftersales services, together with customers demanding high uptime levels and TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) reduction, the search for more efficient methods to manage spare parts inventory has emerged. Based on the use of industry 4.0 techniques, the aim of this study is to propose a framework for spare parts provisioning, reducing both maintenance and downtime costs. Copyright, American Society for Engineering Management, 2022.
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A large number of people got infected and many lost their lives due to COVID-19. The increased volume and source-shuffling of the waste generated during the pandemic have challenged the current waste management facilities. The major sources of infectious waste not only include hospitals but also houses and quarantine facilities that lack in source-management thereby increasing the spread of the virus. This article focuses on waste collection and disposal techniques as major aspects of COVID-19 waste management. Also, it discusses the various waste disinfection technologies along with waste management strategies formulated by different organisations. The non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies have also been identified. Alongside this, various challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 waste management are reviewed. Accordingly, recommendations to achieve efficient waste management are stated. Waste management in case of such a pandemic requires proper segregation, storage, collection and treatment. Usage of multiple processes like pyrolysis, chemical treatment, microwave and radio wave is needed to be found for treatment of infectious waste. Increased amount of mixed waste creates the need to have method that is flexible enough. Large amount of PPE waste needs to be taken care of. Development of materials that can provide hygiene and have recyclability is essential. © 2023 Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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The role of Digital Human Resources Management (DHRM) in the era of globalization, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic, has made a major contribution to sustainable business performance. This is interesting to study considering that the DHRM work process will take place through mobile, electronic media, social media via the internet, and also with the help of IT (information technology). This research aims to analyze the role of Digital Human Resource Management (DHRM) in contributing to the improvement of sustainable business performance in companies in DKI Jakarta. The importance of the role of DHRM is investigated because DHRM is able to do human work through software and several applications, which are supported by the internet network. Digitalization in HRM will enable companies to operate more efficiently and relevantly in the future. This type of research is qualitative which involved managers working in oil companies and transportation companies in DKI Jakarta who used DHRM in the companies where they worked. This study analyzed the data using the triangulation method through documentation, interviews and direct observation in the field with case studies. The results of the study explain that several digital HRM practices have been carried out in several companies, but other practical activities have not been carried out optimally. This is because the support from the system and the digitization of business processes that are included in HR practices are not yet optimal. However, the company realizes that DHRM is able to improve business performance in a sustainable manner. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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The supply chain in the construction industry faces numerous constraints such as a lack of coordination, communication, collaboration, and technological advancement. Supply chain management is critical when products are transferred from one organization to another until they reach end users or consumers without being damaged, counterfeited, or delayed. Despite extensive research, little is known about the factors that will lead to better construction supply chain management. The reason for this examination is to make a bibliometric investigation in light of the verifiable solidification of distributions and branches of knowledge. It intends to recognize research trends, authers, nations, and organizations utilizing VOSviewer. The construction project all over the world have been uncovered in different manner by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper makes sense of how it is feasible to proceed with development work in this present circumstance. The relevant literature in the field of Blockchain in construction supply chain management is retrieved using the Scopus, Web of Science database as the research object. If the construction work carry on, the economic downturn will be decreased and unemployment will also be decreased. The mapping of Blockchain Construction Supply Chain Management scientific production enabled the visualization of networks of co-occurrence of keywords. © 2022 IEEE.
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Management, operations, and planning in water resources management are required to respond to a multitude of challenging problems that may arise due to rapid change in climate conditions, extreme weather events, frequent and unforeseen incidents or on the other hand, long-term structured management decisions. This paper reports on deployment of a decision support system (DSS) for Greater Sydney supply systems known as the CARM Greater Sydney Project. Development and deployment of the DSS tool currently being undertaken by WaterNSW is based on integrated hydrological-hydrodynamic water quality models. The system architecture of the tool is underpinned by a set of baseline catchment models developed using eWater's Source modelling suite. Catchment modelling outputs are then fed into reservoir models as input which are housed in the AEM3D (a 3-Dimensional coupled Hydrodynamic- Aquatic Ecosystem Model) platform;providing a set of base cases to represent the fundamental catchment/lake conditions. Mike Workbench - an application developed by DHI is used as the DSS tool. Building on the baseline model, users can generate multiple scenarios with varying complexity by manipulating different parameters of the tool specific to a problem at a scale and level of complexity suited to the problem and needs of decision makers via Mike Workbench. Users can also compare the outcomes between different scenarios, facilitating the decision making for increasingly complex water resources management issues. An integral part of the project is to roll out a suit of comprehensive training on using this tool to different groups of users/stakeholders tailored by their needs and interest. The training and deployment of the new system were started during COVID shutdowns. The paper will provide an overview of the new system and how training was developed as part of the project and embedded through the deployment of the new DSS tool in a fully on-line mode. The lessons learned include providing training specific to user needs, time for practice and one on one support, but also cover planning and integration of the training throughout the project development and deployment. © Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, HWRS 2022. All rights reserved.
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At present, disasters frequently occur throughout the world. Due to different cultural backgrounds and organisational structures, most countries adopt network governance, hierarchical organization, and centralised management. However, the effect of management is often not satisfactory. Therefore, this paper takes the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019 as a case to explore whether complex systems management can provide ideas to disaster response. The study demonstrates the need for complex systems in disaster response by conducting an in-depth analysis of response data in China and Australia, using the case study of the 2019 pandemic outbreak. © 2022 IEEE.
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The support systems for academic management are of vital importance for the development of activities in a higher education institution and their integration with learning platforms are key for a quality educational service, a requirement intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. In most universities in Peru, these applications are far from the necessary critical requirements and especially if seen in terms of user experience (UX), however, it is still observed that they do not apply the methodologies or techniques of this approach, they don't even consider the profile of the key user, the student, according to the context in which it operates. That is why a study was conducted through interviews applied to IT staff, which includes five dimensions and surveys to 611 students, with the purpose of characterizing it, based on three conditions, as well as identifying the key elements for the UX design of the academic management support system, through eight criteria with the objective of improving the service provided. The results of the evaluation raise the need to improve usability, based on the characterization of the student, identifying as key elements, that the students are digital natives, they use the various technological media very frequently, although there was a lack of mastery of digital skills. They make use of the academic management support system but not through the mobile mainly because it is not designed for that environment;in visual logic, the majority specifies that the elements of the same theme must be close to each other;regarding performance, access time should be reduced and interaction with the user should be improved;Finally, online support must be improved, as well as the immediacy in dealing with incidents, as a result of the pandemic. © 2022 IEEE.
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The globalization of the world economy increased the role of value chains, where disruptions in the realization of the logistics processes occur repeatedly. Pandemics, military conflicts, and climate change further increase the difficulties in matching demand and supply. Therefore, proper Supply Chain Management (SCM) is crucial and the digital transformation of SCM is considered an important solution for several SCM concerns. Extensive subject matter literature research highlighted that several technologies have been studied and implemented as SCM solutions contrary to the blockchain. As a result, the research aim of the article is to examine the current and future challenges of SCM with particular emphasis on blockchain technology perception in this context. Proper research has been conducted with the use of structured in-depth interviews with SCM experts. Pilot study results highlighted that blockchain is perceived as a technology with significant potential to support the creation of Digital Supply Chains. They also pointed out that blockchain is not the technology of the first choice when planning the digital transformation of SCM. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Innovation project management is never easy—adversities like budget cuts, fluctuation, and conflicts constantly patter project teams. Recent events of the corona pandemic further complicate matters with restrictions, lockdowns, and uncertainty. This situation urges project leaders and companies to find ways to deal with adverse conditions and simultaneously pursue ambitious project goals. The concept of resilience offers a promising approach for the individual and the project team to deal with adversities. Innovation resilience behaviour aims to enable project teams to identify whether a project is getting off-track and to get it back on track again. This study empirically investigates the relationship between innovation resilience behaviour, project adversities, and project success using 87 innovation project teams. The results show that innovation resilience behaviour positively relates to project success. We further find evidence that innovation resilience behaviour becomes more critical when adversity increases. © 2022
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Process Safety Management (PSM) is the backbone of any process industry and is fundamental to its businesses, plant reliability, safe operations, employee well-being and prevention of catastrophic events. In order to grow or sustain business and be responsible for its employees' health, good organizations never compromise on the foundation of PSM in their business and operational decisions. But what if a deadly disease alters the way how organizations and systems typically work? Can we quickly adapt to such unprecedented challenges? Are we able to fulfill all requirements of a process safety management system in this extraordinary scenario? The paper will cover this topic in detail and it will shed light on the encountered challenges and tested best practices in order to maintain PSM during a global pandemic. Effects of a pandemic on key important factors related to PSM will be discussed like management of change, employee motivation, process hazard analysis, job supervision, process monitoring, competency levels, training & development etc. Building on similar personal experience, the paper will also cover many interesting methods and suggestions for safety professionals and line managers to successfully adapt to the changes in this scenario while not compromising their process safety management systems. © 36th Center for Chemical Process Safety International Conference, CCPS 2021 - Topical Conference at the 2021 AIChE Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety.
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Within this paper requirements and related gaps associated with cross-border pandemic management are analyzed. In order to systematically investigate the potential of solutions to close such gaps, trials can be executed and evaluated. Core elements of such trials are specific scenarios that frame the validation of the applicability of solutions. Stakeholders involved in pandemic management specified a framing for such scenarios such as cross-border common operational picture and resource management, pandemic management during a refugee crisis and sharing of mobile infrastructure to detect pathogens. An insight in these scenarios is given and, finally, solutions having the potential to close at least partially gaps arising in the mentioned scenarios provided from projects such as STAMINA are presented. © 2022 IDIMT. All rights reserved.
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Process Safety Management (PSM) is the backbone of any process industry and is fundamental to its businesses,plant reliability,safe operations,employee well-being and prevention of catastrophic events. In order to grow or sustain business and be responsible for its employees health,good organizations never compromise on the foundation of PSM in their business and operational decisions. But what if a deadly disease alters the way how organizations and systems typically work? Can we quickly adapt to such unprecedented challenges? Are we able to fulfill all requirements of a process safety management system in this extraordinary scenario? The paper will cover this topic in detail and it will shed light on the encountered challenges and tested best practices in order to maintain PSM during a global pandemic. Effects of a pandemic on key important factors related to PSM will be discussed like management of change,employee motivation,process hazard analysis,job supervision,process monitoring,competency levels,training & development etc. Building on similar personal experience,the paper will also cover many interesting methods and suggestions for safety professionals and line managers to successfully adapt to the changes in this scenario while not compromising their process safety management systems. Copyright © American Institute of Chemical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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Today telework has become increasingly important after the boost that ICTs have given to society, since thanks to its implementation, a job can be carried out from anywhere without the need to be in the physical space in question. It should be noted that this way of working has been strengthened after the shaking that the planet has suffered with the appearance of Covid19, but it must be borne in mind that not all organizations have the appropriate infrastructure and organizational management for the development of telework, affecting to people not only in a social way but also in their physical and/or emotional health. A literary review about telework and knowledge management was carried out in this: search in the databases of Mendeley, ScienceDirect and ProQuest, as well as the use of the Google Scholar search engine. Following this, the main topics were selected for the adaptation of the knowledge management model in telework. The proposed model focuses on knowledge management for teleworking, taking into account the importance of human, technological and organizational resources. There is evidence of the need to develop a knowledge management model applied to Telework in order to minimize the direct and indirect implications generated by this type of work, as well as the commitment to teleworker learning so organizations are more productive. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Many universities have slowly moved to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the physical presence of instructors, students can easily engage in cyberslacking behaviour during online classes. Hence, the purpose of this research is to examine the association of student engagement with students’ cyberslacking behaviour during online classes. Both student engagement and cyberslacking are multidimensional constructs. Partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyse data from 194 university students using a survey method. The results reveal that psychological motivation, cognitive problem-solving, and interactions with instructors do not have a significant association with cyberslacking behaviour. On the other hand, peer collaboration, community support, and learning management are found to have different associations with different dimensions of cyberslacking behaviour. Learning management is identified as the most robust predictor of cyberslacking behaviour. This research fills the research gaps by investigating the associations of various dimensions of student engagement with different dimensions of students’ cyberslacking behaviour in the context of e-learning environments. © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has made the situation challenging for higher education institutions. Students have been given the option to study either in offline or online mode. This has forced higher education institutions to conduct classes in a hybrid mode. Teaching in a hybrid mode has its unique challenges. Apart from the issues in delivering lectures, it has made Knowledge Management difficult. This study examines the problems faced by the educators from higher education institutions in delivering lectures in the hybrid mode and the problems faced by the institutions in Knowledge Management. The role of Information Technology in facilitating Knowledge Management is studied. This study uses a qualitative approach. The findings show that educators are facing challenging to deliver lecturers in a hybrid mode dually at the same time assimilation and dissemination of knowledge has become a challenge. It is also observed that Information Technology tool like Internet of Things (IoT) can play a significant role in capturing data and Knowledge Management. © 2022 Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Delhi.
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Management of solid waste is a major challenge in densely populated urban areas. Such areas also have other predominant health management issues and improper waste management contributes to that. With the rise of COVID in the last two years hygiene has become the first priority of the Government to control the pandemic. Traditionally, municipality vehicles come as their routine to collect solid waste from commonly collected garbage bins placed by local authorities in residential and commercial areas. These bins are usually over-full and the waste roll-out of these bins is due to botching actions of the local occupants. These openly overflowing waste bins add to the contaminated environmental conditions leading to the spread of numerous diseases. Waste-bin management is a challenge in highly populated areas for municipal corporations. Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to monitor such waste bins and notify the municipal corporations about the waste level so that the bins can be cleared on time avoiding the spilling of garbage around them. In this paper, we have proposed an approach to waste bin management using IoT in urban areas. The model is built using LoRa waste-bin surveil units that will monitor and locate waste-bins in residential/commercial areas and notify the authority about their level. © 2022 IEEE.
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Indoor air pollutants in certain environments, such as a damp home or a low-ventilation office, are more concentrated indoors than outdoors. As people spend most of their time indoors, there is a high chance that they are exposed to indoor air pollution. This exposure might lead to adverse health outcomes such as allergies, infection, and respiratory diseases. Therefore, proper indoor environment management is crucial for promoting indoor air quality, consequently benefiting the health and well-being of occupants. In commercial spaces, a lot of people gather and perform various activities together, and higher concentrations of indoor air pollution are generated, which leads to accumulation of pollutants if proper management is not achieved, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when biological pollutants (i.e., viral particle) can accumulate indoors due to poor ventilation environment. In residential spaces, indoor air quality may worsen due to activities such as cooking, painting, using personal care products, and washing. These activities generate indoor air pollution, thus affecting the health of occupants. In addition, poor air quality in microenvironments apparently affects sleep quality. This chapter proposes a concept of indoor air quality management in commercial and residential spaces including sources and control. Moreover, the management technologies have been summarized varying from a simple technique that can be handled by the occupants to a more complicated technique that requires more equipment and professional skill. The methods provided here can benefit the occupants, especially the occupants living in limited-space residences, such as apartment buildings in urban areas. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Good health technology management (HTM) is mandatory to assure high quality of the service delivered by any healthcare-providing institution (HCI). When fast responses are needed on critical aspects of the institution´s installed equipment park, as during the current coronavirus disease pandemic, a computerized HTM system is considerably valuable. This article presents typical questions that can be responded within a few seconds using GETS, a HTM system developed at UNICAMP to support clinical engineers at Brazilian public HCI. Using data from 10 public HCI registered in the GETS system (888 pulmonary ventilators), it was possible to see, for instance that, only ~28% of the ventilators are aged less than 5 years, while ~45% are 11 year-old or older, which is a cause for concern because we have previously observed that equipment downtime due to corrective maintenance, as well as failure frequency and maintenance cost, increase with age. This piece of information is certainly helpful to quickly evaluate priorities for equipment purchase and distribution, and to support long-term planning of equipment acquisition, as to allow better preparedness for (unavoidable) public health crises and more rational use of financial resources by the public health system. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.