Unlike the vast majority of astrophysical plasmas, solar wind is accessible to spacecraft, which for decades have carried in-situ instruments directly measuring its particles and fields. Though such measurements provide precise detailed information, a single spacecraft on own cannot disentangle spatial temporal fluctuations. Even modest constellation though capable characterizing fluctuations a...

A sustainable community seeks to protect and enhance the environment, meet social needs, promote economic success. On average, local governments lack meaningfully connecting their environmental sustainability efforts equity justice. Community-based organizations (CBOs) have emerged as leaders with a growing capacity for pursuing sustainability. Based on data from national survey National Commun...

BACKGROUND There are no national data on levels of organizational capacity within the Canadian public health system to reduce the burden of chronic disease. METHODS Cross-sectional data were collected in a national survey (October 2004 to April 2005) of all 216 national, provincial and regional-level organizations engaged in chronic disease prevention through primary prevention or healthy lif...

Space borne radio frequency (RF) systems must cope with hard qualification procedures, including the evaluation of high-power handling capability equipment for space applications. Whatever electrical parameter is being measured, general rule thumb throughout a verification process to check whether system can operate up certain thresholds, which are defined ensure total reliability mission along...

all organizations have structure. researchers emphasized the importance of the organizational structure to achieve the goals and mission of an organization. thus performance assessment of organizing is essential for managers and decision makers to find weaknesses and eliminate them. organizations are designed by different methods and process, based on same principles and theories. in this study...

In the competitive, downsized, and mission-driven global service economy of the early 21 century, all organizations search for models to encourage innovation, measure performance, and raise customer service quality standards. Competition for an award can be a cost effective strategy to identify processes needing improvement, conduct self-assessments, receive objective feedback, and motivate emp...

Information Systems Security is one of the most pressing challenges confronting all kinds of present-day organizations. Although many companies have discovered how critical information is to the success of their business or operations, very few have managed to be effective in maintaining their information secure, avoiding unauthorized access, preventing intrusions, stopping secret information d...

PURPOSE This white paper addresses a burning question related to investment promotion and trade promotion synergies: Are Trade Promotion Organizations and Investment Promotion Agencies merging? In order to better understand Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and if their services and goals present similarities with Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs), this whitepaper identifies the four majo...

Abstract For their economic success, organizations in the social economy are particularly dependent on access to collective resources through interorganizational networks. Because self-organised network governance of an is notoriously intransparent, there danger that existing societal inequalities get replicated well. This creates a tension with equality-promoting mission these organizations. p...

With the introduction of new digital and physical tools into the workplace, the process of design has dramatically changed over the past few decades. Thus, design processes have evolved into many forms which vary, not only between organizations, but within organizations, and even within teams over time. These myriad “mutations” of the design process call for a new method to identify patterns of...