The paper presents the results of comprehensive researches of several stone products from the collection of the Mining Department of the Polytechnic Museum. It is shown that when attributing artistic stone items, it is necessary to conduct research in several areas of scientific knowledge – art history, evolution of stone art processing technologies, and mineralogy in combination with archival studies. The incorrect name of the material can lead to an erroneous determination of the time and place of the item creation. The attribution of the material from which the item was made should be carried out visually using reference collections stored in the oldest natural science museums. If visual diagnostics are not enough to identify the source of the material, it is necessary to conduct analytical studies with devices that do not destroy the material.
Rückblickende Bewertung dieses ländlichen, low-cost, nicht-formalen Bildungsprogrammes (bis 1985 Village Polytechnic Programme genannt), unter Verwendung eines an P.A. Sabatier (1986) orientierten und modifizierten Beurteilungsrahmens. Abweichend von, sich in den 80er Jahren häufenden, sehr negativen Urteilen, die die Realität und notwendigen Durchführungsänderungen an idealistischen Ausgangsvorstellungen messen, wird die Gesamtbilanz viel günstiger beurteilt, da u.a. hinderliche Faktoren und das tatsächlich Machbare berücksichtigte werden. Die Untersuchung ist zudem eine generelle Auseinandersetzung mit der Rolle idealistischer Wunschvorstellungen bei der Formulierung politischer Ziele, mit "intellektuellen Modetrends", mit den Kriterien für Bewertungen von Resultaten praktischer Politik und mit der Rolle verschiedener Polit-Akteure. (APAF-Glz)
The relevance of curriculum in supporting high levels of learning and the articulation and promotion of comprehensive development-relevant education was stressed in Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG 4). The study used a quantitative research design employing a descriptive-correlational approach. Forty (40) faculty members of Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) from the College of Industrial Technology (CIT) participated in the study, where purposive sampling was used in choosing the respondents. JASP software was used in analyzing the data in the study. Based on the findings, The relationship between identity, commitment, and faculty teaching performance is highly valued at LSPU. Furthermore, there is no substantial association between teachers' professional identities and commitment to instructors' performance. Thus, teachers' performance should be prioritized because it impacts the school's long-term success. Future researchers may use a qualitative research design in a different setting.
Implementing Vocational Higher Education in The Army Polytechnic (Poltekad) has used the Triple Helix approach: universities, the private sector, and the government. In its development, Poltekad contributes to the direction of the development of the Army's technological innovation field. Based on observations of the results of Poltekad research, it has yet to be utilized optimally in fulfilling Army equipment and weapons. In the last three years, 2020–2022, 163 final research assignments were recorded by Poltekad students, and 40 research by Poltekad lecturers. However, only eight lecturers' research has become research models with the potential for defense and development in the Army. This study uses a qualitative research method, specifically a case study. The study results show that Poltekad has not been able to play a role as a research university, but is still limited to its function as a vocational education institution in the technology field. The allocation of research funds for Poltekad is still relatively small compared to the benefits of research to support the development of Army Armaments. The research themes of lecturers and students are not entirely following the needs of the development of Indonesian Army weaponry technology. The absence of a Poltekad external monitoring and evaluation team for research programs, limited educational laboratory facilities, and qualified lecturers as researchers in the Poltekad environment are several reasons for optimizing the utilization of Poltekad research results which cannot be carried out downstream in the implementation of production activities carried out by the Defense Industry in Indonesia as is stated in the Poltekad vision. Poltekad, as a Research University, needs to pay attention to elements, such as 1) budgeting, 2) Research Programs, 3) monitoring, and evaluation, 4) researcher competence, 5) facilitation facilities, 6) information and communication systems, and 7) scientific publications. Downstreaming the themes to utilize research results is carried out according to needs and developments.
PurposeExpectations of future market conditions are acknowledged to be crucial for the development decision and hence for shaping the built environment. The purpose of this paper is to study the central London office market from 1987 to 2009 and test for evidence of rational, adaptive and naive expectations.Design/methodology/approachTwo parallel approaches are applied to test for either rational or adaptive/naive expectations: vector auto‐regressive (VAR) approach with Granger causality tests and recursive OLS regression with one‐step forecasts.FindingsApplying VAR models and a recursive OLS regression with one‐step forecasts, the authors do not find evidence of adaptive and naïve expectations of developers. Although the magnitude of the errors and the length of time lags between market signal and construction starts vary over time and development cycles, the results confirm that developer decisions are explained, to a large extent, by contemporaneous and historic conditions in both the City and the West End, but this is more likely to stem from the lengthy design, financing and planning permission processes rather than adaptive or naive expectations.Research limitations/implicationsMore generally, the results of this study suggest that real estate cycles are largely generated endogenously rather than being the result of large demand shocks and/or irrational behaviour.Practical implicationsDevelopers may be able to generate excess profits by exploiting market inefficiencies but this may be hindered in practice by the long periods necessary for planning and construction of the asset.Originality/valueThis paper focuses the scholarly debate of real estate cycles on the role of expectations. It is also one of very few spatially disaggregate studies of the subject matter.
Financial stringency has been an increasing concern in the higher education sector, especially in the aftermath of the financial crisis. As a result, public higher education institutions have been under increasing pressure to diversify their funding sources through tuition fees and other nonpublic revenues. This article reflects on the institutional impact of those changes by analyzing a panel of 30 higher education institutions from the Portuguese public university and polytechnic sectors for the period between 2003 and 2009. The authors explore the relevance of institutional characteristics such as enrollments in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the qualifications of academic staff, and the regional environment where institutions are located. Results suggest that certain institutional characteristics related to mission differentiation and the path of development of binary systems are important determinants of higher education institutions' ability to earn income from tuition fees and other nonpublic sources.
