The challenges of access in ethnographic research are well-documented in methodological literature, but poorly described in many empirical studies. To date, very little research has focused on access to organizations. In this article, I describe the ongoing access challenges in a period of fieldwork in UK Jobcentre Plus (welfare) offices. Access was granted in four phases: organizational access...

Abstract This paper reports from a qualitative case study in the Gambian education sector. The applies an affordance perspective to ongoing strengthening of national management information system. Our analysis distinguishes between micro‐level technology‐use affordances (e.g., civil servants using IT for data capture and reporting), meso‐level system (IS) data‐driven decision making at organiza...

Abstract This paper investigates the effect of moisture content upon degradation behaviour composite materials. A coupled phase field framework considering diffusion, hygroscopic expansion, and fracture is developed. multi-physics used to explore damage evolution materials, spanning micro-, meso- macro-scales. The micro-scale unit-cell model shows how mismatch between expansion fibre matrix lea...

The digitalization of the economy and transformation socio-economic processes corresponding to these changes presupposes an increase in innovative activity regions. problem introducing digital technologies into systems is use ineffective incentive tools. To solve this problem, it necessary study functioning systems, particular, interaction participants innovation infrastructure within framework...

Abstract Population epidemiology is the science that deals with disorders and certain conditions at population level, i.e. macro-level. In contrast to experimental studies, scientist in cannot manipulate make studies of associations as pure possible. The epidemiological examines occurrence diseases, risk protective factors for prognosis different populations. capability approach an ideal framew...