Although the rising popularity of methodological templates has yielded an increasing interest in qualitative research, we discuss how the misuse of methodological templates can diminish the quality ...of research. As an alternative, we propose methodological bricolage as an organizing metaphor for how to do qualitative methods, which involves the combining of analytic moves for the purpose of solving a problem or problems tailored to one’s own research project. To develop a methodological bricolage approach, we draw on our own research as well as a broader set of qualitative research articles to illustrate how authors arrange various methodological moves to create an effective arrangement that communicates trustworthiness. We outline the benefits of methodological bricolage and some cautions in using this approach.
•Net-Zero Emissions Buildings (NZEBs) research has received increasing attention during the past few decades.•The year 2006 marked the beginning of the current steady and gradual increase in NZEBs ...research.•AI and smart building technologies demonstrates potential for energy-saving in NZEBs.•Effective project management structure is needed for managing NZEBs project stakeholders both internally and externally.•Indoor environmental quality issues are important for NZEBs and even more important given the global COVID-19 pandemic lessons.•Neighborhood and community level adoption are required for large-scale adoption of the NZEB.
Net-zero emissions buildings (NZEBs) are essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling climate change. Several studies have been conducted on NZEBs. However, a thorough exploration of the literature is lacking. This study aims to systematically and comprehensively explore the state-of-the-art in NZEBs research, and to provide recommendations about research gaps and future research directions. Adopting mixed-methods, first, a quantitative bibliometric analysis was conducted on 2724 articles retrieved from Scopus. Results indicated that the year 2006 marked the beginning of the current steady and gradual increase in NZEBs research. Main research themes include energy efficiency, zero energy building, life cycle assessment, embodied energy, building simulation, and residential buildings. Influential jurisdictions and outlets were identified. Second, a further qualitative systematic analysis was performed of 528 carefully selected articles, to identify gaps in the existing knowledge. Based on identified gaps, this study suggested future research directions, including (1) strategies for existing buildings retrofit, (2) promotion of NZEBs at the neighborhood scale, (3) innovative business models for delivering NZEBs, and (4) stakeholder partnership and synergies in promoting NZEBs. The findings of this study provide an understanding of the state-of-the-art development and future needs of NZEBs research, equipping researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to hone and promote the research towards achieving the global net-zero target by 2050.
We directly monitor exciton propagation in freestanding and SiO_{2}-supported WS_{2} monolayers through spatially and time-resolved microphotoluminescence under ambient conditions. We find a highly ...nonlinear behavior with characteristic, qualitative changes in the spatial profiles of the exciton emission and an effective diffusion coefficient increasing from 0.3 to more than 30 cm^{2}/s, depending on the injected exciton density. Solving the diffusion equation while accounting for Auger recombination allows us to identify and quantitatively understand the main origin of the increase in the observed diffusion coefficient. At elevated excitation densities, the initial Gaussian distribution of the excitons evolves into long-lived halo shapes with μm-scale diameter, indicating additional memory effects in the exciton dynamics.
•We provide a step-by-step guide on employing fsQCA based on an already published study.•Performing contrarian case analysis and testing for predictive validity is highly recommended.•FsQCA can be ...used together with variance-based methods (e.g., SEM).•Existing studies can be extended and complemented through fsQCA.
The increasing interest in fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) in Information Systems and marketing raises the need for a tutorial paper that discusses the basic concepts and principles of the method, provide answers to typical questions that editors, reviewers, and authors would have when dealing with a new tool of analysis, and practically guide researchers on how to employ fsQCA. This article helps the reader to gain richer information from their data and understand the importance of avoiding shallow information‐from‐data reporting. To this end, it proposes a different research paradigm that includes asymmetric, configurational‐focused case‐outcome theory construction and somewhat precise outcome testing. This article offers a detailed step-by-step guide on how to employ fsQCA by using as an example an already published study. We analyze the same dataset and present all the details in each step of the analysis to guide the reader onto how to employ fsQCA. The article discusses differences between fsQCA and variance-based approaches and compares fsQCA with those from structured equation modelling. Finally, the article offers a summary of thresholds and guidelines for practice, along with a discussion on how existing papers that employ variance-based methods are extendable and complemented through fsQCA.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive disruption in the way traditional higher education institutions deliver their courses. Unlike transitions from face-to-face teaching to blended, online or ...flipped classroom in the past, changes in emergency remote teaching –a temporary shift of instructional delivery to an alternate remote delivery mode due to crisis circumstances– happen suddenly and in an unplanned way. This study analyzes the move to emergency remote teaching at the School of Telecommunication Engineering (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), and the impact of organizational aspects related to unplanned change, instruction-related variables –class size, synchronous/asynchronous delivery– and use of digital supporting technologies, on students' academic performance. Using quantitative data of academic records across all (N = 43) courses of a bachelor's degree programme in Telecommunication Engineering and qualitative data from a questionnaire delivered to all (N = 43) course coordinators, the research also compares the academic results of students during the COVID-19 pandemic with those of previous years. The results of this case study show an increase in students' academic performance in emergency remote teaching, and support the idea that organizational factors may contribute to successful implementation of emergency remote teaching; the analysis does not find differences across courses with different class sizes or delivery modes. The study further explores possible explanations for the results of the analysis, considering organizational, individual and instruction-related aspects.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE Revistas de arquitectura; Plano Integrado de Almada; planeamento; habitação evolutiva; urbanização evolutiva; Portugal SUMMARY In the 1960s, the print networks for dissemination of ...architecture amplified the scale of interaction and connected geographic regions that were distant from each other, providing contact with new ideas in terms of planning and the habitat in a rapidly changing society that was subject to demographic and territorial pressure and imagination powers that were considerably affected by technological evolution. ...the response to the housing problem in Portugal was marked by "pessimistic" landscapes in territories subject to non-planning. Based on the qualitative analysis of texts, contents and images published in the magazines Arquitectura and Binário and the original archive documentation of the specific case of the Almada Integrated Plan, the first moment of experimentation, the influence of this widespread critical perspective on the demand for, and definition of, solutions, which became common in how architectural conception focused on generation and aggregation systems, in a quest for flexibility and adaptability, in lieu of previous concerns with formal composition. A aglutinação modular de células de habitar foi um conceito amplamente explorado pelas vanguardas arquitectónicas nos anos sessenta do século passado, com impacto público em projectos como o Habitat 67 de Moshe Safdie, em Montreal, nas propostas de novas mobilidades da 'cidade espacial' por Yona Friedman, ou nas idealizações metabolistas dos arquitectos japoneses, em cujos projectos a arquitectura procurava seguir a lógica de crescimento dos organismos vivos.
The initial of counting ability is essential for children to solve problems in everyday life. This study aims to describe the use of Flannel Puzzle in improving the initial of counting ability in ...Renggali one of the early childhood education institutions. This action research on 15 student who were the subject of research. Data are analysed by descriptive qualitative and quantitative. Stages of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The results of the study conclude that: flannel puzzles can improve initial of counting ability. By using the flannel puzzle the initial of counting ability of students can increase. Students' abilities increase from 44.66% before action and increased in the first cycle around 49.25% and in the second cycle became 90.16%.
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