Critical edge: shaping the future of skills management for organizational success

Purpose – Organizations face increasing pressure to optimize their human capital management strategies in today’s competitive business environment. As the nature of work evolves, the ability to identify, develop and leverage critical thinking skills has become paramount for organizational success. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Critical Edge Skills Framework (CESF), a novel approach to skills management that focuses on the cognitive demands of various roles within an organization. Design/methodology/approach – The CESF provides a structured method for categorizing skills based on the level of critical thinking required and the nature of the work involved. By adopting this framework, organizations can better align their talent acquisition, development and successi on planning strategies with the cognitive demands of different roles, ultimately driving strategy execution, innovation and competitive advantage. Findings – The CESF represents a significant advancement in how organizations approach talent acquisition, development and succession planning. By adopting this framework, organizations can better understand the cognitive demands of various roles, align talent with the appropriate level of critical thinking and ensure that employees are well-suited to the nature of their work, whether it involves designing or executing tasks. Originality/value – This paper’s skills taxonomy: provides a clear progression of cognitive abilities, from foundational skills to leadership and transformational thinking, allowing organizations to better understand critical thinking development; helps organizations identify the cognitive abilities required for different job roles, enabling more targeted and cost-effective talent acquisition, training and deve lopment; emphasizes the importance of higher-order thinking skills, which are crucial for driving innovation and organizational success; aligns with common educational frameworks, ensuring that graduates possess the critical thinking skills required by the modern workforce; and clarifies skill requirements, making it more manageable to determine the most suitable production resource for specific tasks. This optimizes the use of organizational resources and enhances productivity.

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The evangelical foreign policy model: Jair Bolsonaro and evangelicals in Brazil

The article proposes an evangelical foreign policy model to analyse the relationship between evangelical groups and conservative govern­ ments in foreign policymaking. Using Brazil as a case study, we argue that the model is defined by the convergence of views and interests between conservative cabinet members and domestic evangelical groups on four foreign policy issues that are critical to evangelicals worldwide – the relationship with Israel, persecution of Christian minori­ ties, abortion rights, and evangelical missions in Africa. To analyse the convergence, we use an original database of 207 speeches from Brazilian evangelical parliamentarians (Evangelical Parliamentary Front) and 1992 discourses from Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet members from January 2019 to July 2022, as wel l as multiple documents from the main evangelical groups in Brazil. In the case of Brazil, this is the first time that typical religious considerations have been officially adopted by the country’s foreign policy, indicating the growing importance of evan­ gelical thinking in Brazilian politics. This is also one of the first analyses, not centred in the United States, that shows how views and interests of evangelical groups and conservative governments converge in inter­ national affairs, broadening perspectives on the political participation of the ever-growing evangelical movement in the Global South. Introduction Can religious groups affect a country’s foreign policy? More specificall

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Inhibition of bovine and ovine capripoxviruses ( Lumpy skin disease virus and Sheeppox virus ) by ivermectin occurs at different stages of propagation in vitro

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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from waste Vigna mungo plant and evaluation of its antioxidant and antibacterial activity

The development of nanoparticles by using bioresources has become a good practice recently to avoid hazardous chemicals and processes. The present study reports the synthesis of silver nanoparticles by using an alkaline food additive prepared from Vigna mungo plant waste ash. This food additive called “Khar” is very popular in Assam, a North-Eastern state of India. This additive was used as the reducing and stabilizing agent for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles which were then characterized using TEM, XRD, UV–visible spectroscopy, DLS and zeta potential study, FESEM, and EDX. To study the antioxidant activity of the silver nanoparticle and plant waste ash extract, phytochemical analysis was done using standard methods. The quantitative phytochemical anal ysis revealed the presence of phenolic and flavonoid compounds in the aqueous extract of the Vigna mungo ash which was responsible for the strong antioxidant activity of both ash extracts ­(IC50 = 27.83 µg/mL) and silver nanoparticles ­(IC50 = 13.74 µg/mL). The agar well diffusion method was used for the analysis of the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles which showed remarkable antibacterial activity against both the gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) and gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) respectively. Thus, the study reveals the utility of a traditional food additive made of Assam in the synthesis of silver nanoparticle with notable antioxidant and antibacterial activity.

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Colloids and Surfaces C: Environmental Aspects

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Narirutin. A flavonoid found in citrus fruits modulates cell cycle phases and inhibits the proliferation of hormone-refractory prostate cancer cells by targeting hyaluronidase

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I. I NTRODUCTION N ONLINEAR systems with partially or completely unknown dynamics, arising from unmodeled

This letter addresses prescribed performance control (PPC) for uncertain multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems subject to saturated and coupled inputs. The proposed controller requires no model parameter knowledge and is of low implementation complexity, i.e., no regressors, observers, or approximation structures are utilized. We derive explicit feasibility conditions linking saturation levels to performance envelopes, system parameters, gains as well as disturbances, and effectively extend the low-complexity results on prescribed performance control with input saturation to the case of input coupling. Boundedness of all closed-loop signals and prescribedperformance tracking are established. A planar two-link manipulator simulation validates the appro ach.

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