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Adan, R., and S. Dickson. "Brainfood cluster." European Psychiatry 64, S1 (April 2021): S54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.170.
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Brainfood cluster The mission of EBRA brainfood is to increase awareness of the importance of research exploring the bidirectional links between brain health and nutrition, including the mediating systems, and to use this knowledge to identify novel nutritional, neuropsychological and neuropharmacological intervention strategies. The BRAINFOOD cluster builds new bridges across research disciplines and strengthens links to relevant stakeholders across Europe, including those involved in health and food policy. It gathers experts on brain health and nutrition that by combining and integrating strengths and complimentary expertise has the volume and capacity to develop novel intervention strategies that improve brain health of European citizens, working together with public health and the food industry. BRAINFOOD is built upon an existing network that includes: 1 Discovery, with expertise in human genetics, metabolomics, nutrition, the microbiome and brain health that utilizes existing data from a variety of population and disease cohorts across the lifespan and aims to propose testable hypotheses; 2 Mechanism, with expertise in animal models, metabolomics, the microbiome and neuroscience that tests hypothesis of how the microbiome and nutrients impact on performance in different behavioral domains; 3 Experimental medicine, with expertise in psychiatry, neurology and nutrition with capacity to run randomized controlled trials; 4 Implementation, with expertise in dissemination and policy making and behavior change, to ensure that EU citizens benefit from novel insights gained in the project.DisclosureNo significant relationships.
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Slavik, Catherine E., and Niko Yiannakoulias. "Investigating reports of cancer clusters in Canada: a qualitative study of public health communication practices and investigation procedures." Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 42, no. 11/12 (November 2022): 490–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.11/12.04.
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Introduction Public health officials provide an important public service responding to community concerns around cancer and often receive requests to investigate patterns of cancer incidence and communicate findings with citizens. In this study, we identified procedures Canadian public health officials followed when investigating reports of cancer clusters, and explored the challenges officials faced conducting risk communication with communities. Methods Thirteen interviews were administered by telephone with 15 officials across Canadian jurisdictions and analyzed using thematic analysis. A content analysis of procedural documents received from five provinces was also undertaken. Results A third of provinces/territories in this study did not use any consistent guidelines to investigate reports of cancer clusters, a third used their own guidelines and a third used guidelines from other countries. Each Canadian jurisdiction identified a different agency or individual responsible for investigating cluster inquiries. Officials in most interviews considered public education to be the primary objective of risk communication during an investigation. Officials in only 4 of 13 interviews cited an overall positive response from the public after investigating reports of a cancer cluster. Conclusion Differences in practices used to investigate suspected cancer clusters by public health officials were revealed in this work. Establishing pan-Canadian cancer cluster guidelines could improve procedural consistency across jurisdictions and offer enhanced opportunities to compare cluster responses for evaluation. A reporting system to track reported clusters may improve information sharing between federal, provincial/territorial and local investigators. During formal investigations, face-to-face participatory communication approaches should be explored to improve citizen engagement and manage community concerns.
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Iskandarli, Gunay Y. "Applying Clustering and Topic Modeling to Automatic Analysis of Citizens’ Comments in EGovernment." International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science 12, no. 6 (December 8, 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2020.06.01.
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The paper proposes an approach to analyze citizens' comments in e-government using topic modeling and clustering algorithms. The main purpose of the proposed approach is to determine what topics are the citizens' commentaries about written in the e-government environment and to improve the quality of e-services. One of the methods used to determine this is topic modeling methods. In the proposed approach, first citizens' comments are clustered and then the topics are extracted from each cluster. Thus, we can determine which topics are discussed by citizens. However, in the usage of clustering and topic modeling methods appear some problems. These problems include the size of the vectors and the collection of semantically related of documents in different clusters. Considering this, the semantic similarity of words is used in the approach to reduce measure. Therefore, we only save one of the words that are semantically similar to each other and throw the others away. So, the size of the vector is reduced. Then the documents are clustered and topics are extracted from each cluster. The proposed method can significantly reduce the size of a large set of documents, save time spent on the analysis of this data, and improve the quality of clustering and LDA algorithm.
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Kamenidou, Irene (Eirini), Aikaterini Stavrianea, and Christina Liava. "Achieving a Covid-19 Free Country: Citizens Preventive Measures and Communication Pathways." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 13 (June 27, 2020): 4633. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134633.
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread on a global scale in an extremely short time, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and, at the same time, triggering extreme panic. Prevention in medicine is considered the best protection action for individuals in order to avoid infections. This study investigates whether Greek citizens (N = 3359) take the necessary precautions to prevent developing the COVID-19 disease, and it segments them based on homogenous behavior groups. Lastly, it provides communication techniques that should be implemented, targeting each citizen segment for a long-term COVID-19 free country. Data analysis revealed the extent of the applied precaution measures. The ones most applied by citizens were to avoid non-mandatory transportation, contact with individuals with respiratory symptoms, and individuals of high risk for severe illness (vulnerable groups). On the other hand, the least applied measures are daily checks of body temperature, monitoring for fever, cough, or dyspnea, use of a face mask when in public places, or when using public transportation. Additionally, cluster analysis revealed five groups of citizens based on self-reported behavior, namely, the Meticulous Proactive Citizens, the Self-isolated Citizens, the Cautious Citizens, the Occasionally Cautious Citizens, and the Unconcerned Citizens. Communication strategies targeting each segment are also discussed.
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Bruckermann, Till, Hannah Greving, Milena Stillfried, Anke Schumann, Miriam Brandt, and Ute Harms. "I’m fine with collecting data: Engagement profiles differ depending on scientific activities in an online community of a citizen science project." PLOS ONE 17, no. 10 (October 10, 2022): e0275785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275785.
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Digital technologies facilitate collaboration between citizens and scientists in citizen science (CS) projects. Besides the facilitation of data transmission and access, digital technologies promote novel formats for education in CS by including citizens in the process of collecting, analyzing, and discussing data. It is usually assumed that citizens profit more from CS the more they participate in the different steps of the scientific process. However, it has so far not been analyzed whether citizens actually engage in these steps. Therefore, we investigated citizens’ actual engagement in different scientific steps online (i.e., data collection and data analysis) in two field studies of a CS project. We then compared them with other CS projects. We analyzed behavioral engagement patterns of N = 273 participants with activity logs and cluster analyses. Opportunities to engage in different steps of the scientific process increased participants’ overall commitment compared to contributory CS projects. Yet, despite their increased commitment, participants’ engagement was only more active for data collection but not for data analysis. We discuss how participants’ perceived role as data collectors influenced their actual engagement in the scientific steps. To conclude, citizens may need support to change their role from data collectors to data inquirers.
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Strebkov, D. "Basic Types and Factors of the Credit Behavior of Russian Citizens." Voprosy Ekonomiki, no. 2 (February 20, 2004): 109–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2004-2-109-128.
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The paper provides the analysis of citizens' credit behavior issues based on sociological research data collected in autumn 2002 in Russian big regional centers. The method of principal components is used for defining main factors which characterize attitudes to money, savings, debt and credit. The paper examines the influence of gender, age, education and other social and demographic variables on the inclination to borrowing. The hierarchical cluster analysis used helps to define six groups (clusters) of people. Each group has its specific attitude to saving and borrowing. The differences between groups in basic components of the credit behavior (experience of borrowing, selection of a creditor, preferences with regard to the credit amount and time of payment, acceptable interest rate) are considered.
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Bassi, Francesca. "European Consumers’ Attitudes towards the Environment and Sustainable Behavior in the Market." Sustainability 15, no. 2 (January 15, 2023): 1666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15021666.
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The scope of this paper is to analyze European consumers’ attitudes and behavior towards the environment. The paper has the following main objectives: measuring homogeneity and heterogeneity within and between European countries with reference to citizens’ involvement with environmental issues, verifying the relationship between attitude and behavior, and identifying factors that might favor sustainable actions and consumption. The hierarchical nature of the data requires the estimation of multilevel models, specifically multilevel latent class models to cluster citizens and countries and multilevel logistic regression models to correlate green actions with environmental attitudes and sociodemographic characteristics. Six homogeneous groups of citizens with different levels of sensibility towards environmental topics were identified, and four groups of European countries were identified with similar compositions in terms of clusters of citizens. The analyses indicate that there is a direct influence of attitude towards the environment on behavior. Estimation results also show significant effects of consumers’ sociodemographic characteristics.
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Kumarahadi, Yovita Kinanti, Brigitta Melati Kumarahadi, and Kumaratih Sandradewi. "Clustering Pelaksanaan Vaksinasi di Jawa Tengah Menggunakan Metode K-Means." Jurnal Ilmiah SINUS 20, no. 2 (July 19, 2022): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.30646/sinus.v20i2.620.
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Vaccines are a form of government responsibility in guaranteeing citizens' rights to health. In its implementation, the government seeks to fulfill the availability of vaccines for at least 208,265,720 residents. This number is the minimum number to be able to achieve herd immunity. To make it easier to show the vaccine achievements of each region, clustering can be done. The K-Means method is a non-hierarchical clustering method that is performed by partitioning data into predefined clusters. The research objects are 35 cities/districts in Central Java. The results of the data processing show that there are 2 optimal clusters, with information that cluster 1 is an area with a high vaccination achievement, while cluster 2 is an area with a low vaccination achievement.
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Amnå, Erik, and Joakim Ekman. "Standby citizens: diverse faces of political passivity." European Political Science Review 6, no. 2 (June 17, 2013): 261–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s175577391300009x.
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The current debate on political participation is bound to a discussion about whether citizens are active or passive. This dichotomous notion is nurtured by an extensive normative debate concerning whether passivity is an asset or a threat to democracy; and it is especially manifest in studies of young people's political orientations. Drawing on this discussion, the present study goes beyond the dichotomy by keeping political interest conceptually separate from participation in order to improve our understanding of political passivity. Multivariate cluster analysis of empirical data on Swedish youth suggests that we need to consider three distinctive forms of ‘political passivity’. In the paper we present empirical evidence not only of the existence of a particular ‘standby citizen’, but also of two kinds of genuinely passive young people: unengaged and disillusioned citizens. Alongside active citizens, these people are in distinctly different categories with regard to their political behavior. This entails a new analytical framework that may be used to analyze an empirical phenomenon that has received surprisingly little attention in the literature on political participation and civic engagement.
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Peruško, Zrinjka, and Dina Vozab. "Mediatized participation in European media systems." Central European Journal of Communication 11, no. 2 (November 9, 2018): 151–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/1899-5101.11.2(21).3.
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This article explores patterns of mediatized participation of European citizens and the way they differ across different media systems, in a multilevel, cross-national comparative research design. Mediatized participation is operationalized as audience practices on the Internet. The media system is conceptualized through the theoretical model of digital mediascapes, which applied to 22 European Union countries produced three clusters/media systems. The audience data are from representative online surveys in 8 eastern and western European countries N = 9532 collected by the authors and their research partners. Factor and cluster analyses were performed showing types and patterns of mediatized participation. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis and ANOVA were performed to relate the individual level variables to the macro-level clusters of digital media systems. The article shows audiences in the more mediatized, Western cluster are more engaged in participatory practices in comparison to audiences in the Eastern/Southern cluster of European countries which show more extensive information consumption practices.
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Budak, Jelena, and Edo Rajh. "Citizens’ Online Surveillance Concerns in Croatia." Surveillance & Society 16, no. 3 (October 12, 2018): 347–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ss.v16i3.6907.
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This paper explores citizens’ privacy concerns and online surveillance perceptions by using the survey data of 2,060 internet users in Croatia. Respondents can be categorised into two groups with significant differences in their perceptions of online surveillance, quality of regulation, trust in institutions, and trust in other people. The more online-privacy concerned group consists of on average less educated, older people, who spend less time online. Also, there are more females in this cluster. The main finding is that internet users who are very concerned about online surveillance tend to have limited trust in both the government and other people and limited faith in the ability of regulation to protect them. More concerned people tend to adopt countersurveillance strategies such as providing false data on the internet.
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Baymenova, A. S., S. R. Zhakenova, and A. A. Аydaraliev. "CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF CIS COUNTRIES REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL TOURISM IN KAZAKHSTAN." Social Aspects of Population Health 66, no. 5 (2020): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.21045/2071-5021-2020-66-5-11.
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Lack of highly qualified specialists or modern medical equipment, lack of financial resources, waiting in line in their own country encourages the majority of citizens to seek timely and high-quality medical care in another country. All conditions have been created in Kazakhstan to provide health care to foreign citizens. However, there are gaps in marketing strategies to promote medical tourism. The purpose of this study was to conduct a cluster analysis of the CIS countries on healthcare organization and morbidity for the subsequent determination of marketing policy to engage potential patients into medical tourism in Kazakhstan. Methods used: quantitative, qualitative and cluster analysis using Statistica v.8 software (StatSoftInc., USA). Because of unavailability of the necessary data, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan were not included in the analysis. Since Kazakhstan is considered as a point of destination in this study, its indicators were excluded as well. The results of the study showed that within the CIS territory countries have different disease incidence rates regarding major classes of diseases, levels of healthcare organization, as well as significant differences in transport infrastructure, tourist services, information and communication technologies. This also plays an important role in shaping the marketing strategy of medical tourism. As a result of the analysis, 2 large and 4 small clusters of the CIS countries were developed. The formed clusters show similarities not only in healthcare, but also in cultural and racial characteristics. Each cluster was given a characteristic that, in current realities, can be used in targeted marketing tools. Thus, the obtained data can be used as one of the methods to eliminate major barriers slowing down the development of medical tourism, announced by the Concept for devloping medical tourism in Kazakhstan. Keywords: medical tourism; cluster analysis; export of medical services; CIS countries.
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Rybak, Aurelia, and Aleksandra Rybak. "Methods of Ensuring Energy Security with the Use of Hard Coal—The Case of Poland." Energies 14, no. 18 (September 7, 2021): 5609. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14185609.
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In this article, the authors present methods based on hard coal that may ensure energy security for European Union countries. The research was carried out based on the example of Poland. The main reason for which coal is being gradually withdrawn from the energy mixes in EU countries is its negative impact on the natural environment and the health of citizens and economic factors related to domestic fuel production. The authors propose the creation of energy–chemical clusters as a solution to these problems. It is assumed that the clusters would operate following the principles of the circular economy. We also propose methods for the optimization of the production and transport costs within the cluster. Then, we conduct profitability analysis of the proposed waste management methods. At the level of the designated cluster, using network algorithms enabled us to reduce the transport costs by at least 50%. It is possible to obtain rare earth elements (REEs) worth USD 22,970 from 1 Mg of ash. At the level of the analyzed cluster, this leads to an annual profit of USD 3.5 billion. The profit related to algae production at the cluster level is approximately USD 2.5 bn.
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Saita, Sayambhu, Tassanee Silawan, Daniel M. Parker, Patchara Sriwichai, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Prayuth Sudathip, Richard J. Maude, Lisa J. White, and Wirichada Pan-ngum. "Spatial Heterogeneity and Temporal Trends in Malaria on the Thai–Myanmar Border (2012–2017): A Retrospective Observational Study." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 4, no. 2 (April 12, 2019): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4020062.
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Malaria infections remain an important public health problem for the Thai–Myanmar border population, despite a plan for the elimination by the end of 2026 (Thailand) and 2030 (Myanmar). This study aimed to explore spatiotemporal patterns in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax incidence along the Thai–Myanmar border. Malaria cases among Thai citizens in 161 sub-districts in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi and Tak Provinces (2012–2017) were analyzed to assess the cluster areas and temporal trends. Based on reported incidence, 65.22% and 40.99% of the areas studied were seen to be at elimination levels for P. falciparum and P. vivax already, respectively. There were two clear clusters of malaria in the region: One in the northern part (Cluster I), and the other in the central part (Cluster II). In Cluster I, the malaria season exhibited two peaks, while there was only one peak seen for Cluster II. Malaria incidence decreased at a faster rate in Cluster I, with 5% and 4% reductions compared with 4% and 3% reductions in P. falciparum and P. vivax incidence per month, respectively, in Cluster II. The decreasing trends reflect the achievements of malaria control efforts on both sides of the Thai–Myanmar border. However, these clusters could act as reservoirs. Perhaps one of the main challenges facing elimination programs in this low transmission setting is maintaining a strong system for early diagnosis and treatment, even when malaria cases are very close to zero, whilst preventing re-importation of cases.
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Santos, Eulália, and Fernando Tavares. "The Profile of Portuguese People when Choosing an Apartment." Real Estate Management and Valuation 29, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 38–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/remav-2021-0012.
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Abstract It is important to study and to know the determining factors of the housing purchase business, as this is often the greatest business deal in a family’s life. The purpose of this study is to identify the profile of the Portuguese regarding the determining factors when searching for apartments to acquire. The methodology used is based on a questionnaire that analyzes the determining factors in the choice of apartments to acquire and the sociodemographic profile of Portuguese people looking for an apartment. The sample consisted of 646 individuals who were looking for an apartment in different regions of Continental Portugal. The determining factors in the choice of apartments have quite adequate levels of validity and reliability, and four dimensions are obtained: negative externalities, positive externalities, a business located on the ground floor and rational interest in proximity to public services. Cluster analysis results show the formation of five clusters, classifying individuals into a generic cluster, urban business cluster, urban services cluster, urban citizens cluster and elitist cluster. This study is expected to contribute to increasing scientific knowledge on the topic and to help real estate developers better match their clients’ preferences.
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Decludt, B., L. Guillotin, B. van Gastel, A. Perrocheau, L. Capek, M. Ledrans, D. Carlier, S. Jarraud, S. Dubrou, and M. Reyrolle. "Epidemic cluster of legionnaires’ disease in Paris, June 1998." Eurosurveillance 4, no. 11 (November 1, 1999): 115–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.11.00060-en.
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From 29 June to July 1998, four cases of legionnaires’ disease in British citizens were reported to the Réseau National de Santé Publique (RNSP) by the statutory notification system (déclaration obligatoire (DO)) and by theEuropean Surveillance Scheme for
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Nigro, Oscar. "Citizens Satisfaction with Local Governments in Argentine: Key Predictors." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 2, no. 1 (January 8, 2012): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v2i1.1086.
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The causes which influence the Citizens Satisfaction with Local Governments may be direct or indirect, and for this reason much research has been developed with the objective to discover a model or methodology. For this work was taken as a measurement instrument to collect data a questionnaire based on a model that adapts to the data from an integrated between the European Consumer Satisfaction Index (ECSI) (Eklöf, 2000) and the ECSI revised Chenn (Chenn, 2009) as a representation of domain knowledge. With a structured interview card and pre-coded, the sample design adopted was probabilistic multistage cluster with selectable final drive to set quotas for sex, age and area. We selected surveyed between over 18 years citizens of Tandil (Argentine) of 123,000 inhabitants. This city divided into zones based on socioeconomic characteristics and obtained 401 valid questionnaires. We found that the model explained 65% of citizen satisfaction and 55% of the loyalty of the same with the local leadership.
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Parés, M. E., and F. Vázquez-Gallego. "C-AQM: A CROWD-SOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-4 (September 19, 2018): 491–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-4-491-2018.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> European cities are currently facing one of the main evolutions of the last fifty years. “Cities for the citizens” is the new leitmotiv of modern societies, and citizens are demanding, among others, a greener environment including non-polluted air. Improved sensors and improved communication systems open the door to the design of new systems based on citizen science to better monitor the air quality. In this paper, we present a system that relies on the already available Copernicus Environment Service, on Air Quality Monitoring reference stations and on a cluster of new low-cost, low-energy sensor nodes that will improve the resolution of air quality maps. The data collected by this system will be stored in a time series database, and it will be available both to city council managers for decision making and to citizens for informative purposes. In this paper, we present the main challenges imposed by Air Quality Monitoring systems, our proposal to overcome those challenges, and the results of our preliminary tests.</p>
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Makharashvili, I., and N. Lomaia. "Internationalization and clusters of cultures." Fundamental and applied researches in practice of leading scientific schools 31, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.33531/farplss.2019.1.26.
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The cluster term is a cluster analysis tool that develops from the mid-twentieth century and was used in areas where there was an enormous mass of primary data and this concept had no economic content. Cluster Analysis is a mathematical procedure based on a number of characteristics of the set of objects, which allow them to classify as classes (clusters) so that objects entered in one class are more homogeneous and similar to those in other classes. The distance between them is calculated on the basis of numerically expressed parameters. The method first appeared in 1939 in R. Trion used and called this method cluster analysis. Cluster is a complex concept that involves "industrial, geographically close, intercontinental companies and other organizations that act in a certain area and characterized by unity and / or mutual filling". In some works clusters are called "industrial" or "industrial areas". According to the Porter, the cluster is a group of geographically close interdependent companies and related organizations operating in a certain area and characterized by unity, and complemented by each other. In this definition, the main focus is on the three main features of enterprise clusters: geographical localization, interconnection between enterprises and technological interaction of sectors.
The Eastern European cluster in which Georgia enters, is characterized by a high level of power distance and collectivism. Members of this community maintain close family connections and are characterized by low orientation of orientation and final outcome. Also, the distinctive features of this cluster are the charismatic and team-oriented style of leadership. Such dimensions and leadership styles, such as personality orientation, institutional collectivity and gender equity, occupy the middle position among the clusters. According to the GLOBE project, members of the Eastern European Clusters do not expect that power will be distributed between the citizens, focusing on the group and family, paying attention to the power and status of the person. Compared to other clusters, they are confused and aggressive during interpersonal relationships. Despite the fact that the personality orientation of the leadership and the participatory styles are positively perceived in the clusters for clusters, the charismatic and group-oriented style of leadership gains more importance.
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Talib, Noorfatekah, Nur Nabila Mohd Fuad, Nurhafiza Md Saad, Nurul Ain Mohd Zaki, Nurhanisah Hashim, and Mohd Amsyar Abdullah. "Towards A Strategic Approach Of Covid-19 Cluster Web Mapping In Malaysia." GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY 14, no. 4 (December 29, 2021): 148–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2021-088.
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The world was shocked by an unprecedented outbreak caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In Malaysia, it started with the largest number of COVID-19 cases with the first wave of infection on 25 January 2020. The objectives of this paper are to obtain the perspective of the respondents about the need for web-mapping in the form of mapping the geospatial data in Malaysia and to visualize the current online datasets of COVID-19 disease case clusters. The study area would cover the entire Malaysia since a rapidly increasing number of citizens were affected by this virus. To be specific, this study focused on the active clusters of COVID-19 in Malaysia. The data were freely shared in real-time by referring to the Ministry of Health (MOH) channel. The hotspots map were explored using the Map Editor by Cloud GIS. The approach has been illustrated using a dataset of whole Malaysia which are locally transmitted confirmed cases in four phases of COVID-19 wave in Malaysia. This study is significant to raise public awareness of the virus, especially among Malaysian citizens. It can provide an accurate estimation of the cluster tracking of the COVID-19 system by using geospatial technology. Therefore, people are more concerned and followed all the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provided by the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Tomaszewska, Marzena, Beata Bilska, and Danuta Kołożyn-Krajewska. "Behavior of Polish Consumers in Relation to Meals Ordered in Food Service Establishments in the Context of Plate Waste." Sustainability 14, no. 13 (July 4, 2022): 8153. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14138153.
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In the food service industry, food is wasted at every stage of the process. A significant part of food wastage is the so-called plate waste, i.e., food left by the consumer on the plate. The purpose of this research was to analyze the behavior of Polish consumers in relation to meals ordered in food establishments. The following issues were taken into account: leaving an unfinished meal on a plate and reasons for it, taking an unfinished meal home, and ordering half portions. The study was conducted on a representative group of 1115 adult Polish citizens using the CAPI method. Segmentation (cluster analysis) of respondents differing in their behavior in relation to ordered meals was carried out. It turned out that about 53% of Polish citizens do not use food services at all. Men with secondary and higher levels of education and other sources of income (cluster C) less frequently declared leaving unfinished meals on a plate and taking an unfinished meal home, especially in canteens, compared to other clusters. Few respondents declared buying half portions. Excessively large portions and inadequate taste of dishes were indicated by almost 50% of respondents as the main reasons for the generation of plate waste. Measures should be promoted to encourage consumers and food service providers to reduce the generation of plate waste.
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Варивода, Валентина, and Valentina Varivoda. "CERTIFICATION AND CLUSTERING OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS AS THE BASIS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TOURISM (ON MATERIALS OF STAVROPOL KRAI)." Services in Russia and abroad 10, no. 7 (November 7, 2016): 90–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/21828.
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To classify the territory of a particular cluster a clear delineation of its defining characteristics is required. The methodology of the study includes the development of a passport model of the tourist destination for the certification process, which, in turn, will form the basis of the cluster approach and the division of the territory to the relevant cluster regionalization zones.
The proposed algorithm of clustering of tourist zones based on certification of tourist destinations is the research result. It will allow to form the modern efficient competitive tourist market, providing opportunities to meet the needs of Russian and foreign citizens in tourism services, and will help to increase employment and income levels of a corresponding tourist destination.
The tourism market, which provides opportunities to meet the demand of Russian and foreign citizens for tourism services, is the field of research results application. The proposed by the author mechanism of certification will create a modern effective competitive market of tourist services, and will enhance the employment and income levels of certain tourist destination.
This study is limited by the territory of Stavropol region, but the results can be applied to other regions of the Russian Federation.
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McComas, Katherine A., John C. Besley, and Craig W. Trumbo. "Why Citizens Do and Do Not Attend Public Meetings about Local Cancer Cluster Investigations." Policy Studies Journal 34, no. 4 (November 2006): 671–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2006.00197.x.
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Suprihadi, Suprihadi, Agustinus Fritz Wijaya, and Richard Gordon Mayopu. "PERANCANGAN DAN IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM INFORMASI DESA WISATA KANDRI BERBASIS WEB." CCIT Journal 9, no. 3 (August 17, 2016): 276–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.33050/ccit.v9i3.459.
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Kandri is Gunungpati administrative area in the district, which is located in the city of Semarang in Central Java province which have Kreo Caves Nature Area. The tourist area has now been developed with the construction of dam Artificial Jatibarang which was completed in 2014. The reservoir has sunk acres of farmland, resulting in most of the Kandri citizens lose their livelihoods as farmers, and switch to the efforts in the field of tourism. Kandri rural communities in the development of a tourist village has set up a group called Pokdarwis tourism awareness in the form of a tourism cluster. The tourism cluster not yet have an information system that is capable of managing a data member, as well as a means of product promotion and online sales. This research aims to design a cluster of business information systems, and implement into web technology. System development method used is prototype models. The information system is implemented using the programming language PHP and CodeIgniter framework with a MySQL database. Results of this research is an e-commerce information system that features business profile information management, resource development and asset cluster members. These systems also use social plugins that like facebook as a marketing tool products. Thus, the information system can be used as an online store business clusters, media promotion, and data center can yield information about the development of the classification of business entities SME cluster members, so it can be used by cluster administrators and stakeholdesr in monitoring the business development of its members.
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Dluhopolskyi, Oleksandr V., Yuriy P. Ivashuk, Tetiana H. Zatonatska, Oksana F. Myhal, Antonina I. Farion-Melnyk, and Andrii P. Kolesnikov. "Public good of ecology: results of international survey." Journal of Geology, Geography and Geoecology 31, no. 3 (September 21, 2022): 427–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/112239.
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Based on an author’s survey of citizens living in different countries, the hypothesis of low demand for the public good «clean environment» for developing countries and for high demand – for developed countries was tested. The attitude of representatives of different nations to the environment as a public good was studied based on the results of a survey of 564 respondents from different countries (228 from Ukraine and 336 from abroad). k-means method was used for clustering, which allows the creation k-groups from a set of data. It was determined that the respondents of the 1st cluster are more satisfied than others with the level of personal awareness of the state of the environment in their countries than the respondents of the 2nd cluster. Most of the population in all surveyed groups receives information about the environmental situation from the Internet. Representatives of both clusters are aware of environmental human rights at the average level (65-75%). Representatives of both clusters are ready to take an active part in solving environmental problems, but among the representatives of the 1st cluster there are much more people who know about the existence of international environmental organizations. Only about half of the respondents from both clusters believe in the threat of a global environmental crisis. Representatives of the 2nd cluster and Ukrainians see the greatest threat to the environment in the transport and manufacturing spheres, while representatives of the 1st cluster pay considerable attention to other factors. Approximately the same number of respondents in both clusters acknowledge that corruption affects the environment. The situation in the survey on the destructive impact of financial-industrial groups on the environment is similar. About 90% of respondents in the 1st cluster and over 95% of Ukrainians consider environmental protection a public good, while in the 2nd cluster only 75% hold a similar opinion. The analysis of the survey results confirms the hypothesis about the sociality of the choice of the public good «clean environment», important for the design of environmental policy tools in the long run. Underestimation of the public good «clean environment» indicates a potentially weak public pressure to form a model of economic policy that corresponds to the modern understanding of sustainable development.
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Putintseva, N. A., and E. V. Ushakova. "On the Activity of Major Cluster Groups in Russia as a Key Tool for Implementing Import Substitution and Innovation Policies." Economics and Management 26, no. 9 (November 25, 2020): 940–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2020-9-940-951.
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The presented study summarizes the results of the implementation of import substitution and innovation policies in Russia. It is established that cluster structures created and supported by the state are primarily meant to solve the problems of import substitution and innovative economy formation in the country. Aim. The study aims to assess the prospects for the development of cluster initiatives as a key tool for implementing import substitution and innovation policies in the country. Tasks. The authors examine the role and importance of clusters in the development of regions and countries; summarize theoretical models of cluster structures; determine stages in the development of cluster initiatives in modern Russia; analyze the results of the formation of industrial and innovative clusters; formulate conclusions regarding the problems of innovation policy implementation; provide recommendations to facilitate the development of cluster initiatives and innovative economy in Russia. Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to analyze the results of the formation of cluster structures meant to facilitate the implementation of innovation and import substitution policies in Russia and proposes possible directions and tools for the formation of Industry 4.0 in the country. Results. The study shows that the current solution to the problem of import substitution based on industrial clusters is unsatisfactory. Effective support for the activity of innovation clusters also does little to increase the share of innovative products created in Russia. At the same time, it will obviously take at least 10-15 years to see the effects of the implementation of innovation and import substitution policies, which makes it impossible to draw a definitive conclusion about the effectiveness of the examined policies or to assess the overall activity of cluster structures in the country. Conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that instead of extractive development institutions that hinder the country’s development, civil and entrepreneurial initiatives, Russia needs inclusive development institutions that are now practically absent but would allow citizens, organizations, and companies to influence economic and political processes. Furthermore, special government support is required for the rapidly growing medium-sized tech companies, which can become a source of economic growth for the country and a factor of global competitiveness in the world market in the next 10-15 years. Without their active development, building Industry 4.0 is impossible.
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Potekhi, Igor. "Balanced score card for cluster of building materials scrap recycling in Voronezh." MATEC Web of Conferences 170 (2018): 04011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817004011.
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In this article is described an effort to develop a new system of management and economy of building materials scrap recycling cluster. For this task is used conception “Management by Objective” by American legend Peter Drucker. Thus cluster participants have divergent purposes, but have common purpose, the present conception match the most for develop business strategy of uniting companies in this cluster. As result, it was developed a “Balanced Scorecard” for the cluster. This “Balanced Scorecard” take into account technological features of companies in cluster and developed common purpose system. In base of system structure of indicators there is exist model of cluster. This model can show capacity, output flows and throughput capacity of participants. During develop a system of cluster’s purposes it were learned priorities balance of economy efficiency and natural resource management. There are shown calculation of costs of reuse building recycled materials, located on solid waste landfill. Developed strategic system of purpose of cluster activity allows to get economical benefit all participants and for citizens to save environment from nature disaster.
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Bermejo-Martín, Gustavo, Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy, and Yilsy M. Núñez-Guerrero. "Design Thinking for Urban Water Sustainability in Huelva’s Households: Needfinding and Synthesis through Statistic Clustering." Sustainability 12, no. 21 (November 4, 2020): 9163. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12219163.
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This article shows the numerical results and the analysis of households’ degree of knowledge about the urban water cycle, needs, and values regarding water in an intermediary city with low water stress, such as Huelva (Andalusia, Spain). Results are also presented regarding how households maintain the acceptance of reclaimed water and new technologies to achieve more efficient and sustainable consumption. Surveys were sent to households, and different statistical analysis techniques were applied. The use of clustering as a mathematical tool has served to obtain three clusters of households with similar characteristics with respect to the previous factors. The first cluster corresponded to households with high knowledge of the integral water cycle and positive attitude to smart devices at home. The second cluster showed low knowledge of the integral water cycle and high sensitivity to price. The third one had average knowledge and predisposition to have a closer relationship with the water company. This classification allows implementing different water demand management strategies tailored to each cluster. Applying a Design Thinking methodology, a web-based prototype has been designed as an ICT tool concerning households. The goal is to achieve greater engagement of households concerning water and align citizens with their city’s sustainability.
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Cheshik, I. A., S. N. Nikonovich, and S. B. Melnov. "ANTHROPOMETRIC AND ENDOCRYNOLOGICAL STATUS OF 9-13 YEARS OLD GIRLS, PROMINENT CITIZENS OF CHERNOBYL AREAS OF GOMEL OBLAST." Health and Ecology Issues, no. 3 (September 28, 2007): 83–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.51523/2708-6011.2007-4-3-15.
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In article hormonal status and its influence on physical development of the girls in the first phase of the period sexual maturations, prominent citizens of unfavorable ecologic areas of Gomel oblast were under investigation. Basing on correlations and cluster analyzes some connections between hormonal levels and anthropometric parameters were shown.
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Ferragina, Emanuele, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, and Thees Spreckelsen. "The Four Worlds of ‘Welfare Reality’ – Social Risks and Outcomes in Europe." Social Policy and Society 14, no. 2 (December 30, 2014): 287–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746414000530.
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After three decades of welfare state crisis, change and transformation can we still speak of welfare state regimes when looking at their outcomes? The analysis of outcomes provides a picture of ‘the real worlds of welfare’ and is of considerable importance to understanding political legitimacy across countries. We use aggregate longitudinal data for West European countries in order to map welfare outcomes and cluster countries. The cluster results are also assessed for their sensitivity to the choice of different countries, years or indicators. All European welfare states have a significant capacity for reducing poverty and inequality. However, the degree of this reduction varies considerably, especially when examining different social groups, i.e. unemployed people, children, youths or the elderly. Outcomes cluster countries largely in line with previous institutionalist literature, differentiating between conservative, liberal, Mediterranean and social-democratic regimes. As the main exception, we identify Germany, which can no longer be characterised as the proto-typical conservative welfare state. When analysing old social risks such as unemployment and old age, Europe appears to be characterised by two groups, i.e. one consisting of liberal and Mediterranean countries and a second made up of social-democratic and conservative countries. New social risks such as child and youth poverty, by contrast, replicate very closely the theoretical four-cluster typology. Our sensitivity analyses reveal that our clusters tend to be stable over time. Welfare regimes continue to serve as a useful analytical tool and relate to outcomes experienced by European citizens.
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Puspita, Rindang Ndaru. "PERBANDINGAN METODE CENTROID DAN WARD DALAM PENGELOMPOKKAN TINGKAT PENYELESAIAN PENDIDIKAN DI INDONESIA." Jurnal Lebesgue : Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Matematika, Matematika dan Statistika 3, no. 3 (December 31, 2022): 501–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.46306/lb.v3i3.159.
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Education is foundation in building the nation and state, besides that education is a right for all citizens. Educational achievements in Indonesia can be seen from the achievement of educational graduation rates for all levels of education from elementary to high school. The government needs to pay more attention to education in Indonesia, so there needs to be a grouping of provinces according to similar characteristics, so that the government can focus more on preparing programs and activities to improve the quality of education. The right method for grouping provinces is the best method from the results of cluster analysis by comparing the centroid and ward methods as seen from the value of the cophenetic correlation coefficient. Based on the research, the best method was obtained, namely the centroid method with cluster profiling: cluster 1 is a cluster with a moderate level of completion of education consisting of 31 provinces, cluster 2 with a level of completion of higher education consists of 2 provinces, and cluster 3 with a low level of completion of education consists of 1 province
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Parahita, Gilang Desti. "Voters (Dis)-Believing Digital Political Disinformation in Gubernatorial Election of DKI Jakarta 2016-2017." Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik 22, no. 2 (January 4, 2019): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jsp.33736.
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Some studies, with regards to the salience of digital disinformation, have focused on investigating the tendency to believe disinformation by looking at a single cluster of factors. This study reveals factors ranging from multiple clusters, such as socioeconomic status, political partisanship, diversity of media exposure, trust in the media, and the digital fluency of the voters. The Gubernatorial Election of DKI Jakarta during 2016-2017 provided a context for examining the correlation between these factors and the (dis)-belief of digital political disinformation among the voters. In the election, the incumbent governor, Basuki Tjahja Purnama, was falsely accused of being a communist, which is still a dirty word in Indonesia, by his opponent. A survey was conducted for this research, collecting completed questionnaires from 191 citizens of DKI Jakarta who had voting rights and could access the online and digital disinformation. The null hypothesis was that socioeconomic status, political partisanship, diversity of media exposure, trust in the media and digital fluency did not influence the citizens’ perceptions towards digital political information. However, the regression analysis found that the null hypothesis should be rejected. Of those predictors, political partisanship had the highest significant correlation with those perceptions.
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Paset, Pamela S., and Ronald D. Taylor. "Black and White Women's Attitudes toward Interracial Marriage." Psychological Reports 69, no. 3 (December 1991): 753–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1991.69.3.753.
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50 white women and 50 black women, US citizens between the ages 18 and 23 years, were asked to rate their attitudes about interracial marriage on a 10-point response scale. The white women were somewhat more favorable, if not significantly so, than the black women about men and women of their race marrying persons of another race. However, scorers at the extremes of the scale were significantly different. The white women tended to cluster at the scale extreme favoring interracial marriage, whereas the black women tended to cluster at the other unfavorable extreme. Implications and research needs are discussed.
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Cámara, Montaña, Ana Muñoz van den Eynde, and José A. López Cerezo. "Attitudes towards science among Spanish citizens: The case of critical engagers." Public Understanding of Science 27, no. 6 (August 17, 2017): 690–707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662517719172.
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Using data obtained from Spanish surveys on the public perception of science, this article presents a critical review of current practices of population profile segmentation, including the one-dimensional representation of perceived risks and benefits and of the systematic underestimation of critical attitudes to the social impact of science and technology. We use discriminant analysis to detect a somewhat hidden cluster in the Spanish population which we call ‘critical engagers’. These individuals are critically and socially responsible and are not reticent about expressing concern regarding scientific-technological change. While they hold an overall positive attitude towards change of this kind, they are at the same time well aware of the risks posed by particular fields of application. We highlight the academic interest and political value of these individuals, attributing to this population a mature and intelligent stance which may well be employed in enhancing the relationship between science and society.
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Cherkashyna, T. "Clusterization of post-communist countries of the Central and Eastern Europe by income inequality level." Galic'kij ekonomičnij visnik 72, no. 5 (2021): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.33108/galicianvisnyk_tntu2021.05.041.
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Using level of income inequality, the clustering of post-communist countries of the Central and Eastern Europe is carried out by the following indicators: Gini index, share in the national income of the second quintile group, share in the national income of the third quintile group, share in the national income of the fourth quintile group, share in the national income of 10% of the poorest, share in the national income of 20% of the richest.,Сluster analysis (k-means method), in the programming environment Statistica is used as analysis tool and five clusters are obtained. The first cluster includes 8 countries (Albania, Hungary, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Сroatia, Russia, Slovakia) is characterized by sufficiently low level of income inequality and can be explained by flow of foreign investment and business transnationalization contributing to the increase of incomes of the main population groups of these countries. The second cluster includes 4 countries (Belarus, Slovenia, Ukraine, Moldova) and is characterized by comparatively low level of income inequality, but high level of property inequality due to heredity, аccumulated wealth та concentration of physical and financial capital by so called «oligarchic clans». The third cluster includes 5 countries (Bulgaria, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia) and is characterized by medium level of income inequality. The fourth and fifth clusters include so called «Baltic tigers» (Latvia, Lihuania, Estonia) and is characterized by high level of income inequality as the result of the occurrence of «excess profits» of financial assets owners. In order to decrease the income inequality in the investigated countries, the following measures are proposed: for the countries of the first cluster to accelerate deconcentration of capital ownership by «spaying» (redemption) of privatized enterprises shares by all categories on preferential terms (so called «ESOP programs»); for the countries of the second cluster to implement progressive tax scale where the tax rate for different groups of population vary depending on the income received and citizens with the lowest incomes (at the level of subsistence minimum or minimum wage) do not pay individual taxes at all; for the countries of the third cluster to cope with «shadow» economy and informal unemployment; for the counties of the fourth and fifth clusters to decrease tax burden on private entrepreneurs and thus stimulate self-employment.
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Islam, Md Rafiqul, Md Nasim Adnan, Md Ezazul Islam, and A. B. M. Shawkat Ali. "Cluster-Based Authentication Process in a Smart City." Security and Communication Networks 2022 (June 14, 2022): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5186376.
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The widespread deployment of the Internet of Things in any smart city provides a regular flow of huge amount of data in server(s) that poses challenges for effective and efficient management to improve the quality of citizens’ life. To maintain the privacy and security of these data, a proper and secured identification and authentication process is very essential. In this paper, we propose a cluster-based identification and authentication process for the users, edge servers, and service servers, which are engaged in storing, processing, and accessing data. The proposed identification and authentication process is secured due to some codes (values), which are not possible to compute except by the concerned entities. For the proposed trust evaluation method (which actually strengthens the proposed authentication process), we consider major components and their integration in the model very carefully so that the simulation results become credible. Hence, we hope that the simulation results will be useful for the readership. As a whole, the proposed approach has potentials of being implemented in real-time applications.
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Stangierska, Dagmara, Iwona Kowalczuk, Ksenia Juszczak-Szelągowska, Katarzyna Widera, and Weronika Ferenc. "Urban Environment, Green Urban Areas, and Life Quality of Citizens—The Case of Warsaw." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17 (September 2, 2022): 10943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710943.
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The increased migration of people from rural areas to cities has prompted researchers to take an interest in the problem of the quality of life (QOL) of the urban population in different contexts. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the level of satisfaction of Warsaw residents with urban infrastructure (SUI) and their QOL, the impact of the SUI on the perception of a neighborhood as an ideal place to live and the relationship between the amount of green areas and and the SUI of Warsaw residents and their QOL. The quantitative survey was conducted using the CAWI method on a sample of 381 adults. The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was used to measure QOL, the scale used in earlier surveys was used to assess SUI, areas of of Warsaw with different amounts of green space were distinguished using cluster analysis. The study showed a relationship between the SUI declared by residents and their QOL, mainly in the environmental domain. The discriminant analysis showed that satisfaction with greenery is one of the most important determinants of the subjective perception of a neighborhood as an ideal place to live. There was no direct effect of the amount of green areas in objective terms on the QOL of Warsawians, but a relationship was noted between the amount of green areas and SUI, with the highest level of satisfaction noted for the Green-balanced Cluster, characterized by the most favorable combination of quality and utility of urban area.
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Lamichhane, Anjana, Anup K. C., and Bishal Sharma. "Socio-economic Aspects of Tourism Development in Chitlang Village, Makwanpur." Economic Journal of Nepal 43, no. 3-4 (December 31, 2020): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ejon.v43i3-4.48038.
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This paper examines how the local community of Chitlang village perceives the tourism impact on their community and how their socio-economic characteristics influence their perception towards tourism. Self-administered questionnaires were interviewed to the local people. For this, a 5-point Likert-type response scale was used. Data from 54 completed questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively by various statistical techniques, including factor analysis and cluster analysis. The impacts on the local community were condensed into eight factors: community development, economic impacts, local production, local environment, youths’ consumption pattern, social impacts, occupational pattern, and land prices. Simultaneously, all respondents were segmented into six groups according to the socio-demographic factors (gender, age, education level, and occupation) by cluster analysis. The relationship between eight factors concerning tourism’s impacts and those six clusters groups with different socio-demographics were established. Educated youth were paying great attention to economic benefits and were concerned with the positive and negative impact of tourism on the local environment. Senior citizens with lower education levels perceived development of the locality from tourism, and other adult groups saw changes in occupational pattern changes.
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Kozak, Yuriy, Tatyana Derkach, and Daria Huz. "FORMING THE STRATEGY OF INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM ENTERPRISES." Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 5, no. 4 (October 29, 2019): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2019-5-4-105-115.
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Considering the place and role of tourism in the life of society, in the European space, it has been proclaimed one of the priority directions for the development of national culture and economy. The development of the tourism sphere in the European space will contribute to the growth of the country’s authority in the world market for tourist services, the strengthening of the country’s economy, the filling of the state budget, the growth of the well-being of citizens, the preservation of the historical and cultural heritage, the enhancement of the spiritual potential of society. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of the formation of the strategy of integrated development of subjects of the tourism sphere in the conditions of transformational changes of the economy on the example of Ukraine. Methodology. Legislative and regulatory documents, periodicals, statistics, and Internet resources made up the information base of the study. General and special methods are applied in the work: monographic survey, generalization, systematization, economic and statistical analysis. This made it possible to investigate the current state of development of entities of the tourism industry and the possibility of forming a strategy for their integrated development, to provide organizational recommendations for the implementation of the strategy of integrated development of subjects of the tourism industry and the criteria for evaluating its effectiveness. Results. The components of strategies of integrated development of subjects of tourism sphere are considered, namely: the strategy of ensuring economic security; financial strategy; investment strategy; innovative strategy; information strategy. The factors that cause the need to create tourist clusters to ensure the sustainable development of subjects of the tourism sector are identified, such as: instability of the national economy; features of the tourism sphere; the structure of participants in the tourist market; peculiarities of activity of small business entities. Organizational recommendations for the creation of a cluster of subjects of tourism in the following areas: the type of integration structure, the number of participants, the consistency of interests of participants, the type of activity of participants, the distribution of responsibilities between participants. The scheme of implementation of the strategy of integrated development of subjects of tourist sphere is offered, which consists of the following stages: analysis of conditions of cluster formation, definition of purpose and tasks of the cluster, identification of potential and interested participants of the cluster, assessment of the level of consistency of interests of cluster participants, definition of rules of functioning of the cluster, development and implementation of the cluster strategy, cluster performance assessment and monitoring. Practical meaning. The introduction of these results in order to ensure sustainable economic development of the subjects of the tourism sector will contribute to the growth of the country’s authority in the world market for tourist services, strengthening the country’s economy, filling the state budget, increasing the well-being of citizens, preserving the historical and cultural heritage, enhancing the spiritual potential of society. Value/originality. The author’s definition of sustainable economic development of the tourist industry entity, organizational principles of implementation of the strategy of integrated development of tourism industry subjects, methodical approaches to the evaluation of the strategy of integrated development of the tourism industry entities.
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Aubakirova, Karina I., Anastasia A. Golubeva, and Ekaterina V. Sokolova. "Motivation for citizen e-participation in urban development: The case of “Our St. Petersburg” portal." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management 20, no. 2 (2021): 263–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu08.2021.206.
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The article gives an overview of the literature on electronic participation in the urban development, the analysis of the main characteristics and principles of the portal “Our St. Petersburg” as one of the main platforms for electronic participation of the citizens. The purpose of this study is to develop recommendations for increasing the level of electronic participation of citizens in the urban development of St. Petersburg. Based on the data collected during the focus groups interviews as well as the survey of the portal users and those who do not use it, the main drivers and barriers to e-participation in urban development were identified, and the recommendations for increasing public participation were proposed. The cluster analysis made it possible to identify several groups of St. Petersburg residents with similar drivers and barriers to e-participation and formulate recommendations for improving e-participation of citizens on the basis of management of the Portal individual characteristics.
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Aditya Nalendra, Aloysius Rangga, Bryan Givan, and Imelda Sari. "Persepsi Warga Jakarta Terhadap Pelayanan Publik Dengan Metode IPA Dan CSI." Jurnal Ecodemica: Jurnal Ekonomi, Manajemen, dan Bisnis 4, no. 2 (September 1, 2020): 294–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.31294/jeco.v4i2.8012.
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ABSTRACTThis study examines services performed at the first-level public service center, the kelurahan. This study aims to look at the perception of DKI Jakarta citizens towards public service in the Anis Baswedan era. This study used 1000 respondents with incidental techniques and sampling using the cluster sample method. This study examines service layouts in villages that are spread over 5 regions of DKI Jakarta, namely Central, East, North West and South Jakarta with measurement methods using the Natural Sciences and CSI methods. The results of this study are in general the citizens of DKI Jakarta are satisfied and the perception of public services received by citizens is positive with a CSI value of 66.35 and a Cartesian diagram in field B which means that the services provided are good and should be maintained. The perception of DKI Jakarta residents towards public services in urban villages during the era of Governor Anies Baswedan was positive. This is the global value of both CSI and IPA which has a positive impact which can be interpreted that the people of DKI Jakarta generally feel satisfied with the services provided to citizens through public services in the kelurahan. Only two areas of DKI Jakarta need to improve services so that the citizens of DKI Jakarta can be satisfied, namely the villages located in West Jakarta and East Jakarta.Keywords: Importance-Performance Analysis, Customer Satisfaction Index
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Ken Amaechi, Egbo, Akan Kevin Akpanke, Owoseni Joseph Sina, and Oluwafemi Fayomi. "The Emerging Trends and Patterns of Non-State Actors Involvement in Crime Prevention and Control in South-West Nigeria: Old Wine in New Bottle." Asian Review of Social Sciences 11, no. 1 (April 26, 2022): 28–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/arss-2022.11.1.3068.
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Globally, the use of formal security apparatus is approved standard of ensuring safety of lives and property in any sane society. The most developed countries of the world has fashioned out effective security control model to guarantee safety of lives and protection of citizens properties. This security measure is one of the many challenges confronting most developing nations including Nigeria.. It is a very serious problem when a country cannot protect the lives and properties of its citizens. It is even a bigger problem when the lives of its citizens mean nothing to the government of the day. The continuous incidence of boko-Haram and herdsmen attack, kidnapping, suicide bombing, violence and abduction is a clear indication that present government have failed its citizen in securing them and their valuable. This study examined the emerging trends and patterns on non state actor involvement in crime prevention and control in South-West Nigeria: An old wine in new bottle. The paper adopted the Karl Mark (1874) theory of exploitation as its theoretical current. The study made used of the survey research design. Sample size of 200 was determined using Yamane sample size technique. The cluster, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select respondents for the study. The study made use of questionnaire and key informant interviews as instruments for data collection. Simple percentage tables and frequency were employed to present quantitative data. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis technique and ethnographic summaries. The results revealed that the Non state actors involvement in security via Amotekun has drastically reduced crime rate, safeguard lives and property, promote socio-economic development, exposes criminals, promote peace and unity amongst others. The paper recommended that the government must make security a top priority by providing all that is required to guarantee safety of lives and properties of its citizens’. The citizens must support the government and its agencies in all means possible to reduce crime rate in the area. Effective legislation, enforcement and adequate sanction should be advocated for those caught to be perpetrating crime or sabotaging crime prevention and control efforts of the government.
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Troiano, Stefania, Daniel Vecchiato, Francesco Marangon, Tiziano Tempesta, and Federico Nassivera. "Households’ Preferences for a New ‘Climate-Friendly’ Heating System: Does Contribution to Reducing Greenhouse Gases Matter?" Energies 12, no. 13 (July 9, 2019): 2632. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12132632.
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This study investigates the preferences of Italian home-owners when choosing a new domestic heating system. The focus is on understanding the influence on consumer choice of a potential label certifying the effect of the heating system on the greenhouse effect. To this end, we designed a survey including a discrete choice experiment and administered it to residents in north-eastern Italy. Our findings reveal that, on average, respondents pay particular attention to the green effect of their purchase. The carbon dioxide reduction label was considered second in terms of importance after cost. Further analysis found that our sample presents three clusters of customers, with intra-cluster homogeneous preferences. The cluster analysis showed that while the initial system costs are considered to varying degrees by the whole sample, the carbon dioxide reduction label was considered important by 79% of respondents (members of clusters 1 and 2). To achieve greater results in reducing the greenhouse effect of the domestic heating sector, a combination of policies should be used simultaneously to achieve greater effectiveness. Our simulations support the hypothesis that policymakers should achieve greater results in terms of reducing the domestic greenhouse gas emissions by applying a combined policy that leverages the importance citizens accord to the different characteristics of a heating system. From our results, the application of a ‘low carbon dioxide ( C O 2 ) emissions’ label will amplify the effect of a subsidy that reduces the initial system costs.
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Choi, Jinkyung. "Who cares for nutrition information at a restaurant? Food-related lifestyles and their association to nutrition information conscious behaviors." British Food Journal 118, no. 7 (July 4, 2016): 1625–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-09-2015-0303.
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Purpose – People have become more health conscious about the food they eat on any occasion. As healthy dietary information has been released to the public in order to correspond with active public adaptation, more consumers have become aware of and are showing interest in new information related to health. The purpose of this paper is to utilize food-related lifestyle (FRL) instruments to explain nutrition information-conscious behaviors. Design/methodology/approach – This study used a cross-sectional survey design. A questionnaire was developed based on previous studies. A factor analysis and a cluster analysis were conducted to segment nutrition information-conscious behaviors of consumers. Participants were 200 and the survey was administered to citizens in South Korea. Exploratory factor analysis, cluster analysis, analysis of variance, Duncan’s multiple comparison tests, and χ2 test were used. Findings – Nine factors were identified and four clusters were established. These clusters were named: “personal value concern group,” “enthusiastic group,” “moderation group,” and “unconcerned group.” Each segment was significantly different in body satisfaction and nutrition information-conscious behaviors. Nutrients such as dietary fibers, sodium, and trans fat were considered differently by the four segments. Originality/value – Using an FRL instrument in relation to nutrition information-conscious behavior, interesting conclusions were drawn. Results of this study suggested that each segment has its characteristics in relation to nutrition information-conscious behaviors. Also it can be concluded that it is time for individuals to take responsibility for their own health problems.
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LYUBUSHIN, Nikolai P., Elena N. LETYAGINA, Valentina I. PEROVA, and Nadezhda A. PEROVA. "Analysis of human capital development in Russia by means of physical culture and sports using neural network modeling." Economic Analysis: Theory and Practice 21, no. 11 (November 29, 2022): 1982–2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.24891/ea.21.11.1982.
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Subject. The article investigates the human capital in the regions of the Russian Federation in the context of health promotion and active longevity of the population of the country. Objectives. The purpose is to examine the state of human capital driven by the development of physical culture and sports in Russian regions, using neural network modeling. Methods. Neural networks are used as a method of studying the multidimensional statistical data. The method of data clustering based on neural network modeling is not affiliated with model constraints. This method is aimed at self–training of neural networks, i.e. self-organizing Kohonen maps, and is a promising means of visual representation of multidimensional data space. Results. Using the neural network modeling, we placed 85 Russian regions in six cluster formations. We assessed the influence of each studied indicator on cluster construction. The paper demonstrates a strong difference in the number of regions of the Russian Federation in clusters, presents average values of the considered indicators in clusters for 2021. Conclusions. The study shows uneven development of human capital in Russian regions from the point of view of physical culture and sports, which predetermines different strategies for the development of the regional sports sphere. The positive trend in the number of sports facilities, personnel, and population engaged in physical culture and sports is facilitated by a systems approach based on program documents, which focuses on strengthening the health of citizens and their active longevity.
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D, Ida Susi, Didik I, and Asih Marini W. "PENGEMBANGAN KLASTER AGROINDUSTRI DI DESA GONDANGAN KECAMATAN JOGONALAN KLATEN." JURNAL ILMU SOSIAL 15, no. 2 (November 24, 2016): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/jis.15.2.2016.84-89.
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SMEs snacks in Gondangan village has the potential to be developed. The village has the potential to be Gondangan Agro-industry region, although it is still much that needs to be repaired and prepared.This study aims to determine the attitude of the public about the development of SMEs in rural areas Gondangan into Agro-industry clusters and how community participation in the development of SMEs in rural areas Gondangan to be Agroindustri. Respondents in this study were the leaders and local community leaders, citizens, snack home industry in the region.This study is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The data of this study is primary data and secondary data consists of qualitative and quantitative data. Primary data were obtained with the interview and focus group discussion.The results showed that the attitude of the public, snack ho,e industri actor and local governments support the development of the region as an area of Agro-Industry cluster. In terms of participation, the government showed a high participation and support by facilitating a variety of activities to realize the region of Agro-Industry cluster, while the snacks businessman as the main actor of Agro-industry development of the area did not show a high level of participation.
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Ardielli, Eva. "EVALUATION OF ePARTICIPATION SERVICES ON CZECH MUNICIPAL WEBSITES." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge 8, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 19–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.37335/ijek.v8i2.99.
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Rapid expansion of eParticipation as a tool of engagement and strengthened cooperation between governments and citizens is a contemporary trend worldwide. The objective is to improve access to information and public services as well as to promote participation in policy-making by usage of Information and Communication Technologies. eParticipation is also considered as a necessary component or a prerequisite of eDemocracy. The paper is focused on the issue of eParticipation and its application on local level of government in the Czech Republic. The aim of the research is to evaluate the offer and availability of eParticipation services provided on the municipal websites by the municipalities with extended powers in Moravian-Silesian Region. The methodology and structure of the criteria for assessing the level of eParticipation services in the presented research was designed on the basis of the Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide methodology. The data were obtained from author`s own investigation on the municipal websites. The data analysis was supplemented by cluster analysis. On the basis of the results of cluster analyses, the municipalities were divided according to their success in the selected criteria. The results of the research point out the insufficient offer of eParticipation services on municipal websites and on the poor options of citizen´s eParticipation at the local level of government in the Moravian-Silesian Region. Similar results may be expected across the Czech Republic. The results of this research are particularly relevant to the municipal authorities of the selected region and local government to indicate the weaknesses of online opportunities for society. At present, the topic of participation at the local level is very important as it contributes to the implementation of the concept of Smart Cities. This research emphasizes that the offer and availability of eParticipation services for citizens needs to be expanded. It is very useful and comfortable to use current technological possibilities and offer participation services online.
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Zhang, Xiaoming, Feng Gao, Shunyi Liao, Fan Zhou, Guanfang Cai, and Shaoying Li. "Portraying Citizens’ Occupations and Assessing Urban Occupation Mixture with Mobile Phone Data: A Novel Spatiotemporal Analytical Framework." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 6 (June 6, 2021): 392. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10060392.
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Mobile phone data is a typical type of big data with great potential to explore human mobility and individual portrait identification. Previous studies in population classifications with mobile phone data only focused on spatiotemporal mobility patterns and their clusters. In this study, a novel spatiotemporal analytical framework with an integration of spatial mobility patterns and non-spatial behavior, through smart phone APP (applications) usage preference, was proposed to portray citizens’ occupations in Guangzhou center through mobile phone data. An occupation mixture index (OMI) was proposed to assess the spatial patterns of occupation diversity. The results showed that (1) six types of typical urban occupations were identified: financial practitioners, wholesalers and sole traders, IT (information technology) practitioners, express staff, teachers, and medical staff. (2) Tianhe and Yuexiu district accounted for most employed population. Wholesalers and sole traders were found to be highly dependent on location with the most obvious industrial cluster. (3) Two centers of high OMI were identified: Zhujiang New Town CBD and Tianhe Smart City (High-Tech Development Zone). It was noted that CBD has a more profound effect on local as well as nearby OMI, while the scope of influence Tianhe Smart City has on OMI is limited and isolated. This study firstly integrated both spatial mobility and non-spatial behavior into individual portrait identification with mobile phone data, which provides new perspectives and methods for the management and development of smart city in the era of big data.
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Parés, M. E., D. Garcia, and F. Vázquez-Gallego. "MAPPING AIR QUALITY WITH A MOBILE CROWDSOURCED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM (C-AQM)." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIII-B4-2020 (August 25, 2020): 685–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b4-2020-685-2020.
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Abstract. World cities are currently facing one of the major crisis of the last century. Some preliminary studies on COVID-19 pandemia have shown that air pollutants may have a strong impact on virus effects. Improved gas sensors and wireless communication systems open the door to the design of new air monitoring systems based on citizen science to better monitor and communicate the air quality levels. In this paper, we present the Crowdsourced Air Quality Monitoring (C-AQM) system, which relies on Air Quality Monitoring reference stations and a cluster of new low-cost and low-energy sensor nodes, in order to improve the resolution of air quality maps. The data collected by the C-AQM system is stored in a time series database and is available both to city council managers for decision making and to citizens for informative purposes. In this paper, we present the main bases of the C-AQM system as well as the measurements validation campaign carried out.
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Parra-Camacho, David, Daniel Michel Duclos Bastías, Frano Giakoni Ramírez, and Samuel López-Carril. "Evaluation of the perceived social impacts of the Formula E Grand Prix of Santiago de Chile." European Journal of Government and Economics 9, no. 2 (July 24, 2020): 155–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2020.9.2.5850.
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The aim of this study is to analyse residents' perception of the social impact of the Formula E Grand Prix of Santiago de Chile. A sample of 414 residents was collected through a questionnaire made up of 46 items regarding possible positive and negative impacts. Descriptive analysis, confirmatory factorial analysis and cluster analysis were performed. The results showed two groups with different perceptions of this sporting event: realistic (n=152) and favourable (n=162). Sociodemographic variables referring to education level, civil status, income level, location of the family residence and political orientation contribute to significantly differentiating the clusters. The variables related to interest in the event, support for the celebration, attendance, participation and frequency of contact also contributed to significantly differentiating the groups. Citizens’ high degree of support for holding the sporting event could be identified by a positive social representation of the event.