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Banani, Sam, Somsak Kittipiyakul, Surapa Thiemjarus, and Steven Gordon. "Safety Message Verification Using History-Based Relative-Time Zone Priority Scheme." Journal of Computer Networks and Communications 2019 (March 12, 2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8568912.
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Safety message verification plays an important role in securing vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). As safety messages are broadcasted several times per second in a highly dense network, message arrival rate can easily exceed the verification rate of safety messages at a vehicle. As a result, an algorithm is needed for selecting and prioritizing relevant messages from received messages to increase the awareness of vehicles in the vicinity. This paper presents the history-based relative-time zone (HRTZ) priority scheme for selecting and verifying relevant received safety messages. HRTZ is an enhanced version of our previously proposed relative-time zone (RTZ) priority scheme. HRTZ achieves higher awareness of nearby vehicles and works in different road configurations. To increase awareness of neighboring vehicles, the average velocity of neighboring vehicles in the range of communication is used to determine the range of the danger zone and other zones. The messages are ranked based on the zone of transmitting vehicles, road configuration (with/without a barrier) and transmitting vehicle location and direction, and relative time between transmitting and receiving vehicles. Only the most up-to-date message from each vehicle is kept in the receiver’s buffer. As a result, each neighboring vehicle has only the most recent safety message in the buffer at any time. The simulation results show that HRTZ achieves a higher rate of verified messages with low delay for nearby vehicles and achieves higher awareness for vehicles in the vicinity, when compared to RTZ and other existing schemes.
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BOCCARA, NINO. "VOTERS' FICKLENESS: A MATHEMATICAL MODEL." International Journal of Modern Physics C 21, no. 02 (February 2010): 149–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s012918311001494x.
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This paper presents a spatial agent-based model in order to study the evolution of voters' choice during the campaign of a two-candidate election. Each agent, represented by a point inside a two-dimensional square, is under the influence of its neighboring agents, located at a Euclidean distance less than or equal to d, and under the equal influence of both candidates seeking to win its support. Moreover, each agent located at time t at a given point moves at the next timestep to a randomly selected neighboring location distributed normally around its position at time t. Besides their location in space, agents are characterized by their level of awareness, a real a ∈ [0, 1], and their opinion ω ∈ {-1, 0, +1}, where -1 and +1 represent the respective intentions to cast a ballot in favor of one of the two candidates while 0 indicates either disinterest or refusal to vote. The essential purpose of the paper is qualitative; its aim is to show that voters' fickleness is strongly correlated to the level of voters' awareness and the efficiency of candidates' propaganda.
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Stein, Moshe E., Michelle Leviov, Keren Drumea, Ludmilla Goralnik, Innes Miselevich, and Abraham Kuten. "Radiation-Induced Sarcoma following Curative Radiotherapy for Testicular Seminoma: Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature." Tumori Journal 83, no. 3 (May 1997): 721–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030089169708300320.
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We report a case of radiation-induced retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma which developed 37 years after the patient received radiation therapy for testicular seminoma. The sarcoma originated within the para-aortic field, extensively involving neighboring organs, soft tissue and muscle tissues, and could be only partially resected. The absolute number of these secondary sarcomas is low, but the risk of developing such neoplasms calls for awareness in the long-term follow-up of cured seminoma patients.
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JOSE COSTA COUCEIRO JUNIOR, PAULO. "CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE RECLAMAÇÕES RELACIONADAS ÀS VIBRAÇÕES GERADAS POR DESMONTE DE ROCHAS." Revista Científica Semana Acadêmica 1, no. 189 (January 22, 2020): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.35265/2236-6717-189-13523.
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In times of growing socio-environmental awareness, the ethical-moral duty to eliminate any doubts about the responsibilities of the mining industry in view of the adverse effects generated by its activity, such as the generation of ground vibrations, is a prerequisite for its sustainable continuity. Transparent and accessible communication channels to neighboring communities allows the promotion of environmental mitigation programs and information actions. However, although there is a growing evolution regarding the implementation awareness and seismographic monitoring programs, a significant portion of the complaints, coming from rock blastinduced vibrations within the legal limits, continue to exist. Therefore, the present work aims to review the main concepts involved in claims related to rock blast-induced vibrations, as well as to discuss the results from complains against a gold mine in New Zealand.
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IWASAKI, Yutaka, and Mayuko ISHII. "Awareness of college students as an evacuation site in the event of a disaster in the neighboring green space." Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 47, no. 1 (August 31, 2021): 161–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.7211/jjsrt.47.161.
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Dondzila, Christopher J., Ann M. Swartz, Kevin G. Keenan, Amy E. Harley, Razia Azen, and Scott J. Strath. "Geospatial Relationships between Awareness and Utilization of Community Exercise Resources and Physical Activity Levels in Older Adults." Journal of Aging Research 2014 (2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/302690.
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Introduction. It is unclear if community-based fitness resources (CBFR) translate to heightened activity levels within neighboring areas. The purpose of this study was to determine whether awareness and utilization of fitness resources and physical activity differed depending on residential distance from CBFR.Methods. Four hundred and seventeen older adults (72.9±7.7years) were randomly recruited from three spatial tiers (≤1.6, >1.6 to ≤3.2, and >3.2 to 8.0 km) surrounding seven senior centers, which housed CBFR. Participants completed questionnaires on health history, CBFR, and physical activity, gathering data on CBFR awareness, utilization, and barriers, overall levels, and predictors to engagement in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).Results. Across spatial tiers, there were no differences in positive awareness rates of CBFR or CBFR utilization. Engagement in MVPA differed across spatial tiersP<0.001, with the >3.2 to 8.0 km radius having the highest mean energy expenditure. Across all sites, age and income levelP<0.05were significant predictors of low and high amounts of MVPA, respectively, and current health status and lack of interest represented barriers to CBFR utilizationP<0.05.Conclusion. Closer proximity to CBFR did not impact awareness or utilization rates and had an inverse relationship with physical activity.
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Szymański, Karol, Ewelina Hallmann, Katarzyna Łuniewska, Katarzyna Kondratiuk, Anna Poznańska, and Lidia B. Brydak. "Spread of Influenza Viruses in Poland and Neighboring Countries in Seasonal Terms." Pathogens 10, no. 3 (March 8, 2021): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10030316.
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In Poland, flu supervision is coordinated by the National Influenza Center at the National Institute of Public Health—National Institute of Hygiene. In this publication, we want to determine geographical trends in influenza virus circulation in the region. A detailed analysis of virological and epidemiological data showed the course of the epidemic season in Poland, as well as in neighboring countries. The spatial differentiation of the incidence of infection between voivodships was examined, as well as compared to countries that border a given voivodship. The results show a significant variation in the incidence of infection in terms of time and space. This points to the need to increase the number of tests and to raise awareness among health care professionals and the public about the probability of an influenza pandemic, as undetected viruses can spread further into the European Union.
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Krasavtsev, E. L., I. A. Razuvanova, and M. E. Tereshkova. "First-time Diagnosis of West Nile Fever in Gomel Region." Health and Ecology Issues, no. 1 (March 28, 2020): 104–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.51523/2708-6011.2020-17-1-18.
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Currently, West Nile Fever (WNF), which is characterized by a variety of its clinical forms, severity, and high mortality, is becoming common in many countries. There is an increase in the WNF incidence in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The trend of a gradual increase of the WNF incidence in the countries of the European Union (EU) and neighboring countries, which began in 2015, led to an epidemic increase in the incidence, and both imported and local cases of the disease are recorded. The article describes a clinical case of WNF. Due to the lack of awareness and focus on the WNF detection by most doctors, general information about this disease is also provided.
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Zou, Ke, Hao Zhu, Allan De Freitas, Yongfu Li, and Hamid Esmaeili Najafabadi. "Track-to-Track Association for Intelligent Vehicles by Preserving Local Track Geometry." Sensors 20, no. 5 (March 4, 2020): 1412. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20051412.
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Track-to-track association (T2TA) is a challenging task in situational awareness in intelligent vehicles and surveillance systems. In this paper, the problem of track-to-track association with sensor bias (T2TASB) is considered. Traditional T2TASB algorithms only consider a statistical distance cost between local tracks from different sensors, without exploiting the geometric relationship between one track and its neighboring ones from each sensor. However, the relative geometry among neighboring local tracks is usually stable, at least for a while, and thus helpful in improving the T2TASB. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic method, called the local track geometry preservation (LTGP) algorithm, which takes advantage of the geometry of tracks. Assuming that the local tracks of one sensor are represented by Gaussian mixture model (GMM) centroids, the corresponding local tracks of the other sensor are fitted to those of the first sensor. In this regard, a geometrical descriptor connectivity matrix is constructed to exploit the relative geometry of these tracks. The track association problem is formulated as a maximum likelihood estimation problem with a local track geometry constraint, and an expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm is developed to find the solution. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed methods offer better performance than the state-of-the-art methods.
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Arredondo, Estephan, Melania Istrate, Chloë Ballesté, Ricard Valero, Patricia Peralta, Aneta Toncheva, and Martí Manyalich. "P1.02: Training and Social Awareness Targeted for Allied Health Professionals for Increasing Organ Donation in the European Union and Neighboring Countries: EUDONORGAN." Transplantation 106, no. 9S (September 2022): S501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.tp.0000888136.19775.aa.
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Schwarz, Jill, Sandy Gibson, and Carolynne Lewis-Arévalo. "Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Substance Use, Victim Status Awareness, and Barriers to Reporting." Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal 1, no. 2 (November 27, 2017): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/bhac.v1i2.5520.
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Background: Despite the high incidence of estimated sexual assault on college campuses, underreporting is substantial and perpetuated by a culture of rape myths that are pervasive across society in general and college campuses.Aim: The aim of this study was to: examine college student awareness of their own sexual assault victimization status, barriers to reporting, and the prevalence of substance use in sexual assault.Method: This was a cross-sectional mixed-method survey sent to a universal sample of college students from two neighboring institutions of higher education (N=2,724).Results: Results from this survey demonstrated a lack of understanding of what constitutes sexual assault, primarily attributed to the normalization of assault and rape myths. Regardless of victim status awareness, those who were victimized were significantly more likely to use higher levels of alcohol than non-victims, and were less likely to identify their victimization as sexual assault, highlighting the need for college students to understand that alcohol-involved sexual assault is still sexual assault.Conclusions: Overwhelmingly, participants cited the potential consequences as far greater than any potential benefits to reporting sexual assault. Confusion about what constitutes sexual assault and uncertainty of available resources were also recognized as contributing factors in underreporting.
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Fucci, Davide, and Hidetake Uwano. "Fifth International Workshop on Emotion Awareness in Software Engineering (SEmotion2020)." ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 46, no. 1 (February 2021): 28–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3437479.3437487.
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A ective computing studies and develops both systems and de- vices to recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human a ect| i.e., the experience of feelings or emotions. Software engineering involves people in a broad range of activities (from requirements to validation) where personality, moods, and emotions play a crucial role. Recently, researchers have started to study the role of af- fective computing and a ective states in software engineering but contributions on this topic are presented and discussed in diverse conferences and workshops. The SEmotion workshop follows on the fourth edition held at ICSE 2019, towards the consolidation of an international, sustainable forum for researchers and practition- ers interested in the role of a ects in software engineering to meet, present, and discuss their work-in-progress. SEmotion showcases contributions about empirical methods for emotions detection in software engineering, theoretical models inspired by neighboring elds, as well as ad-hoc tools for supporting emotion awareness in software development. This paper presents and overview of the fth edition of the workshop.
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Mato, Mary, and David Mosoma. "Factors Influencing Domestic Tourism in Tanzania: A Case of Arusha City." International Journal of Engineering, Business and Management 6, no. 4 (2022): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijebm.6.4.1.
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Domestic tourism is practiced worldwide. It greatly contributes to the number of visiting tourists and the national economy as well. However, it is still invisible and inadequately documented. This study intended to bridge this gap of knowledge by investigating the factors influencing domestic tourism using Arusha City, Tanzania as a case study. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods in data collection using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires respectively. A sample of 80 people was selected from a total population of 400 employees in eight different institutions in Arusha City. The Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS), inferential and descriptive tools were used to analyse data. From this study, it was found that the major factors affecting domestic tourism in Tanzania include relatively high tax rate in the country compared to the other neighboring countries’ safaris, the cost charged for tourism services is generally unaffordable, the cost for food and drinks at attraction sites was found unaffordable, and there is low awareness of the available tourists' attractions. The study concluded that the major challenges facing domestic tourism in Tanzania are low awareness, poor quality of services provided to domestic tours, and few people having less interest in visiting the tourist attraction. The study recommends increased awareness on part of the policymakers, involvement of many stakeholders in the tourism sector, and academic institutions to develop new programs which allow students to have time to visit different attractions present in their region to instill enthusiasm in tourism industry.
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Zanzani, Sergio Aurelio, Alessia Libera Gazzonis, Paola Scarpa, Federica Berrilli, and Maria Teresa Manfredi. "Intestinal Parasites of Owned Dogs and Cats from Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas: Prevalence, Zoonotic Risks, and Pet Owner Awareness in Northern Italy." BioMed Research International 2014 (2014): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/696508.
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Intestinal parasites of dogs and cats are cosmopolitan pathogens with zoonotic potential for humans. Our investigation considered their diffusion in dogs and cats from northern Italy areas, specifically the metropolitan area of Milan and two micropolitan areas of neighboring provinces. It included the study of the level of awareness in pet owners of the zoonotic potential from these parasites. A total of 409 fresh fecal samples were collected from household dogs and cats for copromicroscopic analysis and detection ofGiardia duodenaliscoproantigens. The assemblages ofGiardiawere also identified. A questionnaire about intestinal parasites biology and zoonotic potential was submitted to 185 pet owners. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites resulted higher in cats (47.37%−60.42%) and dogs (57.41%−43.02%) from micropolitan areas than that from the metropolis of Milan (dogs:P=28.16%; cats:P=32.58%). The zoonotic parasites infecting pets under investigation wereT. canisandT. cati,T. vulpis, Ancylostomatidae, andG. duodenalisassemblage A. Only 49.19% of pet owners showed to be aware of the risks for human health from canine and feline intestinal parasites. Parasitological results in pets and awareness determination in their owners clearly highlight how the role of veterinarians is important in indicating correct and widespread behaviors to reduce risks of infection for pets and humans in urban areas.
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Abe, Keisuke, Nobutaka Mukae, Takato Morioka, Yuhei Sangatsuda, Ayumi Sakata, Satoshi O. Suzuki, and Masahiro Mizoguchi. "Nonconvulsive status epilepticus associated with Alzheimer’s disease mimicking symptomatic focal epilepsy following the resection of a frontal parasagittal meningioma." Surgical Neurology International 11 (December 29, 2020): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/sni_709_2020.
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Background: Epilepsies are frequent in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, epilepsies in AD can easily go unrecognized because they usually present as focal impaired awareness seizures or nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) and can overlap with other symptoms of AD. Case Description: We performed an epilepsy surgery in a 69-year-old woman with progressive cognitive impairment and consciousness disorder, who was diagnosed with focal NCSE related to the resected meningioma in the right frontal parasagittal region. Intraoperative electrocorticography revealed localized periodic paroxysmal discharges with beta and gamma activities in the neighboring cortex where the meningioma existed. The histopathological diagnosis of AD was first made from the resected epileptogenic cortex. Conclusion: Even when there is a suspected epileptogenic lesion that could cause focal NCSE, AD should be ruled out in elderly patients with progressive cognitive decline.
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Mrsik, Jadranka, Tome Nenovski, and Sanja Radenkovic. "State Audit for Strengthening the Accountability in Public Funds Management: Case of Republic of Macedonia." Timisoara Journal of Economics and Business 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 81–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tjeb-2016-0006.
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Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of the state audit in strengthening the accountability in managing the public funds. Appropriate and effective use of public funds ensures a healthy economic and financial management, as well as transparency, which leads towards a positive development of the society as a whole. We evaluated the operation of the state audit in Macedonia by analyzing the regularity audit performed on five state institutions from 2010 to 2014 and we compared the results with the state audits in two neighboring countries. Our findings suggest weaknesses in the use of public money by the institutions covered by this analysis and in the operation of the State Audit Office. The research will help in increasing the public awareness about the necessity of responsible management in the public sector.
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Parija, Subhash Chandra, and A. R. Gireesh. "A serological study of cysticercosis in patients with HIV." Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 51, no. 4 (August 2009): 185–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0036-46652009000400002.
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Neurocysticercosis (NCC) has attained the importance of one of the most common cause of focal brain lesions in patients infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Adequate data regarding the rate of this co-infection is lacking. Therefore, the present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of cysticercosis among HIV patients residing in Puducherry or its neighboring districts of Tamil Nadu State, India. A total of one hundred blood samples were collected from HIV seropositive cases visiting JIPMER hospital, Puducherry, between June 2007 and May 2008. Enzyme immunotransfer blot (EITB) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to demonstrate anti- T. solium larval stage antibodies and Co-agglutination (Co-A) test was used to detect T. solium larval stage antigens in sera. Two HIV seropositive cases were found positive for anti-T. solium larval stage antibody by EITB and four were positive by ELISA. Only one sample was positive by both EITB and ELISA. No serum sample was found positive for T. solium larval stage antigen by Co-A test. The overall seropositivity detected by all the methods was 5% in this study group. The accurate clinical diagnosis of NCC in HIV is difficult due to deranged immunological parameters in the HIV infected patients. The results of this study provides important data on the prevalence of cysticercosis in HIV positive patients in Puducherry and neighboring areas which was previously unknown. This study will also increase awareness among physicians and public health agencies about T. solium cysticercosis in the selected group.
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Sharma, Richa, Teek Parval Sharma, and Ajay Kumar Sharma. "Detecting and Preventing Misbehaving Intruders in the Internet of Vehicles." International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing 12, no. 1 (January 2022): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcac.295242.
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The advent of new vehicular advances and accessibility of new network access mediums have evolved service providers with heterogeneous-vehicular collaboration. The performance of heterogeneous-vehicular collaboration depends on the possibility of accurate, up-to-date vehicular information shared by Cooperative- Awareness Messages (CAMs) among neighboring vehicles. Although exchanging wrong mobility coordinates leading to disruption on the Internet of Vehicles (IoVs) applicability. To address these issues, a misbehavior detection approach is proposed which acts as a second wall of defense. Our scheme is divided into three phases context procurement, context sharing, and misbehavior detection. Mathematical modeling has been done to evaluate Sybil attack and false message generation attack detection under misbehavior detection. The proposed scheme attains 99% in detecting false message generation attacks and 98.5% in detecting Sybil attacks. Additionally, false-positive rate, overhead detection, and False-Measures are evaluated which demonstrates the effectiveness of our approach.
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Jadaan, Khair, Duha Alsarayreh, and Mohammed Obaid. "OBSERVING PEOPLE'S REACTIONS AND RESPONSES TO URBAN ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE (RTN) IN JORDAN." Journal of Civil Engineering, Science and Technology 12, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 203–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/jcest.3984.2021.
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The subjective aspect of assessing Road Traffic Noise (RTN) in urban agglomerations is crucial, as it takes into consideration the sensitivity and specific reactions of residents to Road Traffic noise (RTN) in their living environments. This paper aims to present a detailed sociological study initiated to measure the level of public awareness regarding RTN and estimate the impact of RTN disturbance on RTN disturbance their daily activities. For this purpose, an attitudinal survey was conducted using a predesigned questionnaire with limited noise measurements. The questioners were distributed to the neighboring residents of one of the most congested arterial roads in Amman, Jordan’s capital. The questioner firstly focused on evaluating the awareness of respondents of the problem magnitude and its environmental and health impacts, and secondly, assessing the effects of RTN as perceived by the respondents on different daily activities. The analysis of the collected data found that around 50% of respondents believe that RTN impacts the environment, and 60% believe that RTN affects human health, while 38% consider changing their place of residence and moving to a quieter place. The main results of the study showed that RTN causes annoyance to people while performing their daily activities, especially while studying and resting. Further main reported impacts included causing fatigue (64%), anxiety (75%), nervousness (87%), focus reduction (89%), and discomfort (90%).
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LIPMAN, JUSTIN, PAUL BOUSTEAD, and JOHN JUDGE. "NEIGHBOR AWARE ADAPTIVE POWER FLOODING (NAAP) IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS." International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science 14, no. 02 (April 2003): 237–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0129054103001704.
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This paper introduces Neighbor Aware Adaptive Power flooding, an optimized flooding mechanism used in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETS) that employs several mechanisms (neighbor coverage, power control, neighbor awareness and local optimization) to limit the broadcast storm problem, reduce duplicate packet reception and lower power consumption in both transmission and reception. Upon receiving an optimized broadcast, a relay determines a new set of possible relays (to continue the flood) based upon local neighbor information and the previous optimized broadcast. Additionally, neighboring relays only consider the shared neighbors they are closest to. A relay may perform local optimization (to reduce power consumption and isolate broadcasts) by substituting one high power broadcast with two or more low power broadcasts, thereby introducing additional hops, We show that compared to blind flooding and multipoint relaying, NAAP in a static environment greatly reduces the problems associated with the broadcast storm problem, duplicate packet reception and power consumption.
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Sitinjak, Charli, Rozmi Ismail, Edward Bantu, Rizqon Fajar, and Wiyanti Fransisca Simanullang. "Study of Public Perception Toward End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Management in Indonesia." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 17, no. 4 (July 27, 2022): 1341–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.170431.
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An ELV is a vehicle that has reached the end of its service life or service due to age or because it is unable to be used due to a catastrophic accident and high repair costs. The current methods of destroying ELV vehicles are unregistered, disassembly, destruction, and disassembly. Each procedure must adhere to predetermined guidelines. The purpose of this study is to conduct a survey of dietary knowledge about end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in Indonesia. As a result, the purpose of this research is to learn about ELV laws and their implementation in countries that have done so successfully, as well as to learn about public perception of ELV application in Indonesia. A literature search of ELV laws in neighboring countries was conducted, as well as a survey of 98 respondents in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. SPSS was used to analyze the survey results. The questions in this study were divided into four sections: respondents' backgrounds; knowledge of ELV; concerns about ELV; and ELV campaigns. The findings revealed that public awareness of the use of ELV was quite low. In general, it can be concluded that the application of ELV in Indonesia needs to be carefully studied before it is implemented in order for it to be accepted by the public. Additionally, more ELV-related campaigns are required to increase the knowledge and awareness of the Indonesian people.
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Patmal, Mohammad Hamed, and Habiburrahman Shiran. "Public awareness and their attitudes toward adopting renewable energy technologies in Afghanistan." International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies 4, no. 2 (March 30, 2021): 82–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.53894/ijirss.v4i2.61.
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This research investigates the factors that potentially affect public attitudes and their adoption of renewable energy technologies for electrical energy production in Afghanistan. The study is carried out with a survey from Kabul and its neighboring provinces including Logar, Maidan Wardak, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Parwan & Kapisa provinces. We used a random sampling process to collect data using a web-based questionnaire. The survey was well designed to highlight conveniently the public understanding, willingness, and attitudes toward adopting renewable energy technologies (RETs). The outcome of the survey is then evaluated to discover the most potential factor affecting public acceptance of RETs. The results declared that the educational level, expertise in RETs, and income of respondents are positively related, while the age of respondents is negatively related to the public willingness on the use and investment in RETs. The majority of respondents have used one type of RETs, however, 23 % of respondents have not used any type of RETs. Study shows that the RETs use and access to grid electricity are reversely related, where the access is lower, the RETs use is higher and vice versa. Most of the respondents were not well informed and most disagreed with the government policies on RETs, therefore, public awareness programs on RETs and government policies are recommended. The majority of respondents were willing to invest in RETs, therefore, the government should commit itself and support private sectors to invest in RETs and take part in its development.
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Krigas, Nikos, Eleftherios Karapatzak, Marina Panagiotidou, Virginia Sarropoulou, Ioulietta Samartza, Antonis Karydas, Christos K. Damianidis, et al. "Prioritizing Plants around the Cross-Border Area of Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia: Integrated Conservation Actions and Sustainable Exploitation Potential." Diversity 14, no. 7 (July 16, 2022): 570. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14070570.
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Plants know no political borders and some of them are restricted to small geographical territories of different countries in which they are endemic. In this study, we prioritized plants (PPs) of the cross-border area of Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia that are already threatened or nearly so (PPA), those which occur exclusively on either side of borderline and/or nearby countries (PPB), or those which are uncommon and rare in this region (PPC) with the aim to document in-situ the species-specific risks-threats; offer ex-situ conservation for them as a back-up solution for future re-introductions and sustainable exploitation; and raise public awareness and alertness about the importance of local biodiversity. In the framework of the project Conse-pp, 20 botanical expeditions were performed in 75 selected areas to collect samples and suitable propagation material from 130 PPs (147 accession numbers), also recording all types of threats-identified in-situ for each of them. No ex-situ conservation was detected for 40 PPs worldwide while for another 12 PPs only limited attempts have been made to date. The fully documented PPs are currently maintained under ex- situ conservation and acclimatization in the Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia (BBGK). In total, 156 propagation trials (sexual or asexual) have been made for these PPs to develop species-specific propagation protocols. Consequently, the production of new plant stocks raised ex-situ was achieved (n = 3254 individuals; first-time ex-situ conservation for 40 taxa), and this has enabled the establishment of three awareness-raising sites with PPs: (i) 1000 plants of 70 PPs in the newly designed Kardia Botanical Park in Thermi (Greece); (ii) 850 plants of 104 PPs in the phytodiversity awareness spot in BBGK and 130 individual PPs in the Garden of Environmental Awareness; and (iii) 42 plants of 14 PP taxa delivered to the botanic garden of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. This project outlines the necessity of the development of common plant conservation strategies for threatened plants in cross-border areas of neighboring countries and presents an integrated approach allowing for sustainable development and future in-situ protection measures and actions in the studied cross-border area.
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Raszewski, Marek. "Bóg jako pedagog w pismach prorockich odnoszących się do wspólnej historii Izraela i Edomu." Verbum Vitae 10 (December 14, 2006): 43–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/vv.1417.
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In the article, concerning the prophetic interpretation of God's pedagogy revealed in the history of Israel and Edom, we have presented a reconstruction of prophetic proclamations concerning both lsrael and the neighboring nations which were personified by Edom. Although the prophets focused their attention mainly on Israel and Judah, they knew that Yahweh was the Lord of all the nations and no nation remained outside His judgment. What He condemned and punished in His nation, he also condemned and punished in other nations. We have come to a conclusion, that in the analyzed prophetic texts there are also, apart from the foretelling of Edom's punishment, prophetic appeals for Edom's participation in the Messianie salvation. The Holy Bible analysis, especially the analysis of the prophetic book on Edom that we have presented, points to a gradual rise of the chosen nation's awareness of the fact that God loves all men. This plays a significant role in God' s pedagogy revealing different aspects of God' s love, on one band foretelling Edom' s punishment and on the other: its salvation.
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Al Abri, Ibtisam, and Kelly Grogan. "The Impact of Heterogeneous Management Interests in Reducing Social Losses from Wildfire Externalities." Forests 12, no. 10 (September 28, 2021): 1326. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12101326.
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The United States has experienced an even longer and more intense wildfire season than normal in recent years, largely resulting from drought conditions and a buildup of flammable vegetation. The derived stochastic dynamic model in this study was utilized to evaluate the interaction of wildfire risk mitigation policies for two adjacent landowners under various scenarios of forest benefits while accounting for full awareness of fire externalities. This study also evaluated the effectiveness of cost-share programs and fuel stock regulation and investigated under which scenarios of forest management interests the implementation of these policies encourages risk mitigation behaviors and yields larger reductions in social costs. The findings revealed that social costs significantly reduced after the implementation of cost-share programs and fuel stock regulation. Market-oriented adjacent landowners were more responsive to policy instruments compared to other types of neighboring landowners, and their responsiveness was greater for fuel stock regulation policies than for cost-share programs. Policymakers may introduce extra financial incentives or more rigorous fuel stock regulations to induce nonmarket-oriented landowners to undertake increased fuel management activities.
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Kenis, Vladimir M., Dmitriy V. Parshin, and Andrey V. Sapogovskiy. "Intraneural synovial cyst of the peroneal nerve: literature review and description of a clinical case." L.O. Badalyan Neurological Journal 3, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 135–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.46563/2686-8997-2022-3-3-135-142.
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Introduction. Intraneural synovial cyst is a rare pathological condition, which can be symptomatic due to the compression of the neighboring structures, including the peroneal nerve. The purpose of this publication is to present a clinical case of intraneural ganglion of the peroneal nerve with a critical analysis of diagnostic and tactical errors in diagnosis and treatment tactics, and literature review. We present a clinical case of a patient with an intraneural cyst of the peroneal nerve, who had 3 surgical interventions over a period of 1.5 years from the age of 13 years, followed by recurrences without restoration of muscle function. The case demonstrates underestimation of the pathogenesis of the described condition - the presence of a communicant nerve between the proximal tibiofibular joint and the peroneal nerve and proximal tibiofemoral joint as the source of synovial effusion. Awareness in relation to this pathology will improve the efficiency of diagnosis. Interdisciplinary approach of pediatric neurologists, orthopedists, neurophysiologists and radiologists can shorten the diagnostic stage and enable the earliest and most effective surgical treatment to avoid irreversible consequences due to prolonged muscle denervation.
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Marples, David R. "National Awakening and National Consciousness in Belarus." Nationalities Papers 27, no. 4 (December 1999): 565–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/009059999108830.
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A frequent assertion about the recent events and pervasive mood in Belarus—the apparent efforts to reunite with Russia, the virtual denial of a Belarusian identity by a Russophone president, official nostalgia for the time of the former Soviet Union— is that national consciousness is somehow retarded or delayed, and national development is lagging considerably behind that of its neighboring states, Lithuania and Ukraine. This article seeks to address the question of national self-awareness in Belarus from three angles: those of demography, culture, and language. Was development of the republic in the Soviet period different from that of the other republics, and is that development responsible for what has been described as the “national nihilism” of today? Is that mood likely to change with a new generation of Belarusians? How far is President Alyaksander Lukashenka, the first president of Belarus, who was elected in July 1994, responsible for the present situation and how far is he a symptom of the notable lack of self-assertion of Belarusians?
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Borysenko, Valentyna. "Discussion issues of national identity during the russian-ukrainian war in the 21st century." Ethnic History of European Nations, no. 68 (2022): 7–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2518-1270.2022.68.01.
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In the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian full-scale war, the sense of national identity in Ukraine intensified. The majority of people who were indifferent to the self-determination of their nationality, after seeing the injustice, the beastly face of the aggressor, the suffering of innocent people, felt that they were a part of the entire Ukrainian community. The patriotic and responsible part of the population for their country and their children stood in line for the military commissariat. Individuals who, even in peacetime, felt antipathy towards everything Ukrainian, committed treason. During the war, there are complex processes of self-awareness, of one’s involvement in the main goal – victory over the enemy. At the same time, it is worth understanding the identity of those who brought this terrible war closer by promoting the values of the «russian world», which the state maniac of the neighboring country came to defend. Because if we do not put an end to the russification of Ukraine, then millions will pay with their lives.
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Iddrisu, Abdul-Karim, Emmanuel A. Amikiya, and Francis Kwame Bukari. "Spatio-temporal characteristics of Tuberculosis in Ghana." F1000Research 11 (February 16, 2022): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.109053.1.
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Background: The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases or deaths is declining, however, the rate of decline is not adequate to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO's) mitigation. TB remains a public health problem in Ghana with a significant economic and health burden on its citizens and health care system. Consequently, there is a need for further studies about the disease aimed at accelerating the rate of decline in cases. Methods: The spatio-temporal characteristics of TB in Ghana using Bayesian spatial and spatio-temporal regression models was analysed in this study. Data were obtained from Ghana National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) for the 10 regions of Ghana, collected over a six-year period. The study also examines some baseline predictors of TB infections to ascertain their effects on the TB risk across the ten regions in Ghana. Results: Hot-spots of TB cases are observed in the Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, and Central regions and low risk in the Northern, Ashanti, Greater Accra, Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Western regions. The results indicated a clustering of risk between neighboring regions. TB cure rate, TB success rate, knowledge about TB, awareness that TB is airborne, HIV prevalence, percentage of literacy, and high income are important predictors of detection for this disease across the ten regions of Ghana. Conclusion: Most regions in Ghana have similar TB risks. A substantial reduction in TB cases requires measures that will increase detection, success and cure rates, awareness, knowledge about how this disease spreads as well adequate health facilities with easy access.
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Iddrisu, Abdul-Karim, Emmanuel A. Amikiya, and Francis Kwame Bukari. "Spatio-temporal characteristics of Tuberculosis in Ghana." F1000Research 11 (January 6, 2023): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.109053.2.
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Background: The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases or deaths is declining, however, the rate of decline is not adequate to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO's) mitigation. TB remains a public health problem in Ghana with a significant economic and health burden on its citizens and health care system. Consequently, there is a need for further studies about the disease aimed at accelerating the rate of decline in cases. Methods: The spatio-temporal characteristics of TB in Ghana using Bayesian spatial and spatio-temporal regression models was analysed in this study. Data were obtained from Ghana National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) for the 10 regions of Ghana, collected over a six-year period. The study also examines some baseline predictors of TB infections to ascertain their effects on the TB risk across the ten regions in Ghana. Results: Hot-spots of TB cases are observed in the Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, and Central regions and low risk in the Northern, Ashanti, Greater Accra, Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Western regions. The results indicated a clustering of risk between neighboring regions. TB cure rate, TB success rate, knowledge about TB, awareness that TB is airborne, HIV prevalence, percentage of literacy, and high income are important predictors of detection for this disease across the ten regions of Ghana. Conclusion: Most regions in Ghana have similar TB risks. A substantial reduction in TB cases requires measures that will increase detection, success and cure rates, awareness, knowledge about how this disease spreads as well adequate health facilities with easy access.
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SO SUNG-KYU and 김종수. "An Awareness Investigation on the Assistance to Neighboring Areas of the Power Plants - Focusing on Residents, Experts, and Teachers in the Region around Pocheon Combined Cycle Power Plant -." Journal of Law and Politics research 15, no. 3 (September 2015): 1097–141. http://dx.doi.org/10.17926/kaolp.2015.15.3.1097.
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Pielichowski, Jerzy. "KORELACJA WAD OŚWIADCZENIA WOLI PRZY ZAWARCIU MAŁŻEŃSTWA NA GRUNCIE PRAWA KANONICZNEGO I POLSKIEGO." Zeszyty Prawnicze 12, no. 3 (December 16, 2016): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.21697/zp.2012.12.3.03.
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CORRELATION OF DEFECTS OF DECLARATION OF INTENT WHEN ENTERING INTO MATRIMONY UNDER CANON LAW CODE AND FAMILY AND GUARDIANSHIP CODE Summary The analysis concerns the intertwining of the areas of secular and canon law with regard to defects of a declaration of will at the time of contracting a marriage. The author proceeds from an analysis of the historic background to denominational marriages starting with the 1557 Synod of Piotrków, until the 1917 enactment of the Canon Law Code (Kodeks Prawa Kanonicznego, „KPK”), when a uniform approach to marriage was adopted in the whole Universal Church. He goes on to look into the question of the forms of contracting a marriage, both the ordinary and the extraordinary form, based on the provisions of the Canon Law Code from 1983. A further part of the analysis looks back at the historical evolution of the regulations relating to the defects of the declaration of will in Polish matrimonial legislation, with emphasis on the periods when Poland was partitioned by the neighboring powers and on post-WWII Polish and international legislation relating to family matters. The article ends with an analysis of the defects of declarations of intent made in connection with entering into matrimony under the KPK and under the Family and Guardianship Code („KRO”). Under the former, these include: the lack of sufficient use of reason, significant absence of the person’s awareness of material marital rights and duties, mental inability to accept significant marital duties, error, trickery, simulation of marital consent, conditional consent, coercion or fear, while under KRO these would include: lack of awareness of a declaration of will, mistake concerning a person and threat.
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Phongsavan, Keokedthong, Alongkone Phengsavanh, Rolf Wahlström, and Lena Marions. "Women's Perception of Cervical Cancer and Its Prevention in Rural Laos." International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer 20, no. 5 (June 2010): 821–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/igc.0b013e3181daaefb.
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Background:Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of women in the world, and it becomes a major cause of cancer mortality in low-income countries. Currently, little is known regarding cervical cancer incidence in Laos, although it is anticipated to be high like in neighboring countries. To be able to develop a screening program in the country, it is essential to explore women's perception of the disease. The purpose of this study was therefore to describe knowledge, awareness, and attitudes regarding cervical cancer among rural women of Laos.Methods:In a descriptive cross-sectional study, women were interviewed using a structured questionnaire covering sociodemographic factors, knowledge of the disease and its risk factors, awareness, and attitudes toward cervical cancer and its prevention.Results:Eight hundred women were included in the study, and 58% claimed to know about cervical cancer. Approximately one third (38%) considered themselves to be at risk, but less than 5% had ever had a Papanicolau test. Sixty-two percent believed it was possible to prevent cervical cancer and that vaccination may be a suitable method, but only 14% know about risk factors. Another method for prevention was frequent vaginal douching, which was suggested by 70% of the women. Symptoms like bleeding and discharge were correctly identified as possible indicators of cervical cancer, but only 57 women (7%) knew that an early stage of the disease could be symptom-free. Lack of subjective symptoms was the main reason for women to refrain from gynecological examinations.Conclusions:This study indicates that rural women in Laos have limited knowledge about cervical cancer and even less about screening and prevention. There is a need to educate the general community about the disease and its prevention.
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Mjali, Ahmed, Safaa Ayad Jawad, and Nareen Tawfeeq Abbas. "Outcomes of Patients with Multiple Myeloma in Middle Euphrates Region of Iraq: Data from Developing Country." Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology 6, no. 2 (May 6, 2021): 99–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/apjcb.2021.6.2.99-103.
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Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a B cells neoplasm characterized by plasma cells clonal proliferation. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate incidence, prevalence and pattern of multiple myeloma (MM) in Middle Euphrates region of Iraq. Materials and Methods: A retrospective descriptive conducted at Al-Hussein center in Karbala province of Iraq between February 2012 and February 2020. Results: A total of 78 patients with MM were included in this study, median age at presentation was 59.8 years, M:F ratio was 0.85:1. The most frequent presenting complain was bony lesions in 87.18% of patients, IgG was the most frequent paraprotient in 61.53% and VRD was the most common used protocol in 37.18% . Survival rate was higher in younger & female patients, while there was no correlation between myeloma defining events and early death in our study. Conclusion: MM presenting age in our region was close to other parts of Iraq and neighboring countries but younger than western countries with female predominance. Giving that the majority of the patients presented with advance stage disease, therefore raising awareness of early symptoms is recommended for early diagnosis and proper management.
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Zakso, Amrazi, Iskandar Agung, and Ferdi Widiputera. "Strengthening the Students Nationalism in Border Areas." Journal of Educational and Social Research 9, no. 3 (September 1, 2019): 268–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jesr-2019-0045.
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Abstract This study aims to determine the condition of student nationalism in the border area, as well as the role of a number of parties that influence its formation. The results are suggested to draw conclusions on how to increase student nationalism. We find that the nationalism conditions of students in the border area resulted in a moderate performance, and susceptible to be influenced by various stimuli, both from within the country and neighboring countries. The evidence presented in this analysis points to the fact that these stimuli often weaken nationalist awareness and attitude, both related to ideology, constitution, unity, diversity and sovereignty of the nation and state. The results suggest that further action required to increase student nationalism in a short, medium- and long-term efforts as to prevent external influences, especially crimes in the border areas. The role of several parties need to be improved, namely families, schools and youth organizations in the vicinity as well as government support in the form of funding, activity facilities, instructors, training, and others. Especially the role of schools, it is necessary to involve active students in the implementation of strengthening nationalism through a problem-solving approach.
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Funduk, Marina, Pero Tutman, Anamarija Farkaš, Sanja Tišma, and Ana-Maria Boromisa. "Marine Litter in Croatian Adriatic: Sources, Quantities and Stakeholders′ Perspectives." Sustainability 13, no. 9 (April 22, 2021): 4691. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13094691.
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The problem of marine litter is becoming more visible in Croatia. The main goal of this paper is to investigate issues related to marine litter in the Croatian Adriatic, from the current state of sources and quantities of marine litter, through marine litter monitoring and legislation, to stakeholders’ awareness about the marine litter issue in Croatia. The topic was designed as a case study and was covered by the method of document analysis and the survey method. Quantitative analysis was done for involved stakeholders and their level of interest. The mean value method and method for stakeholder mapping for marine areas was used. In addition, an exhaustive review of Croatian marine litter studies was done. The results of the research indicate that our knowledge about marine litter sources and quantities in the Croatian Adriatic is still quite scarce and that the stakeholders in Croatia have a moderate level of interest in the marine litter issue. Conclusions indicate that in Croatia particular attention is committed to strengthening both bilateral and multilateral relations with the neighboring countries given the transboundary nature that allows marine litter to spread over long distances.
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Pantic, Marijana. "Subotica municipality as a learning region." Spatium, no. 15-16 (2007): 77–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat0716077p.
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Some differences in territorial organization between Serbian and EU countries are obvious. The level of centralization and tradition in systems for implementation of ideas are differently back- grounded. However, these are the most important facts for the opportunity to realize Learning Region as a concept of the European future. There is no part of space that should be considered as unchangeable and the way to a better position and Learning Region concept implementation of each region in Serbia in practice should lead towards few necessary steps and further. The starting point is awareness of the facts on the creation of Subotica region as it is at present. The healthy future of each region is provided by looking back in the past and learning from the history. The other important thing is bench marking- learning on the positive and successful experiences of other regions, and finally, making its own concept of Learning Region adapted to local surrounding and true need of local people. Some experiences, suggestions and comparisons will be made in this case study, in relation to one of the Serbian municipalities nearest t to EU neighboring countries in a territorial way. .
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Ibrahim, Aliyu H., Nura Alhaji Yaro, Murjanatu Yahaya Ibrahim, and Yusuf Adama. "EVALUATING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT OF PERSONS IN KADUNA STATE." FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES 6, no. 2 (May 11, 2022): 120–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2022-0602-929.
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The constraints faced by IDPs were many ranging from inadequate housing, poor medical health care, hazardous work, vulnerability of women and children to trafficking and sexual exploitation, discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, class or gender as well as break in social relations. The aim of the study was to assess the nature of internal displacement in terms of causes and consequences of the internally displaced persons in Kaduna State. The sample population was drawn from the three senatorial zones. Purposive/availability sampling was used in selecting the settlements. The results had shown movement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from one local government to another and from neighboring states into the study area. The study also revealed that the level of integration between the IDPs and the host communities is higher in rural areas as a result of the small size of the settlements which allows easier cohesion between the communities. The study recommended for public awareness on the large number of IDPs presence in the society and the need to empower them. The virtue of tolerance and forgiveness should be encouraged among the people to strengthen mutual co-existence in the society.
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F. Patacsil, Frederick. "Combining rule-based and bag-of-words for phase-level sentiment analysis of blog comments." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.27 (September 5, 2018): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.27.13552.
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Blogs are one of the platforms that express personal opinions, which are intended to create awareness and used as an instrument to establish trust among customers products and services or about a specific topic. A new classifying model was experimented to improve the sentiment classification of the blog comments. This technique combined Rule-Based (RB) and Bag-of-Word (BoW) model to solve major weaknesses of this Bow model in the conduct of Sentiment Analysis (SA) evaluations. The proposed technique was experimented to esti-mate the Philippine Internet customers’ satisfaction related to the quality of the services provided by the ISPs in the Philippines. In addition, automatic word seeding, building of sentiment dictionary utilizing an online dictionary, n-gram, tokenization, stemming and other SA tech-niques were applied to extract useful information from the blog comment dataset. The results of the research showed that the configurations involving BoW-RB + SVM + bi-gram + Porter stemmer achieved a high classification accuracy of 88%.Capturing the contextual meaning of the neighboring words of a given sentimental word provides a significant help to increase the classifi-cation performance of the proposed classifier method.
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Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A., Rita Freitas, Luis Catela Nunes, and Vladimir Otrachshenko. "On nature’s shoulders." Tourism Economics 24, no. 4 (September 20, 2017): 369–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354816617731195.
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The use of counterfactual methods in the evaluation of policy interventions has been accepted today as the best approach in the estimation of a program’s performance. However, the simplest evaluations are often quite demanding in terms of the resources and the time needed to be implemented. In this article, we study the economic impact of a tourism media campaign launched in Nazaré, an old fishing community on the west coast of Portugal, to make big waves visible to the world. The campaign provided the required “informational media infrastructure” that created the public awareness necessary to boost tourism in the region. To measure the economic impact of that campaign on the local economy, we show how a counterfactual analysis can be implemented using regional statistical data on domestic and international tourist arrivals. We show how the method can be adapted to account for the presence of potential spillover effects that may have occurred, as neighboring municipalities could also have been affected by the intervention. We further compare the estimated impact on revenues with the costs incurred by the local municipality in the marketing campaign. Based on our empirical findings, we discuss policy implications to the municipalities in the region.
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Awais, Sania, and Kanwal Ameen. "The current status of innovation in the university libraries of Pakistan." Library Management 39, no. 8/9 (November 12, 2018): 541–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-08-2017-0085.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the current status of innovations in the university libraries of Pakistan because the desire for reshaping the university libraries is now necessary to fulfill the mission of higher education, i.e. to be competitive and compatible in the international market. Design/methodology/approach The content is based on the literature. For this purpose, the researchers’ 20 years’ experience and the websites of all the 183 universities of Pakistan have been reviewed. A checklist of 40 innovations (Jantz, 2013), used in ACRL libraries and prepared by the researcher, is used as a yardstick to measure the innovation status of university libraries. Findings The findings indicate that a large majority of university libraries, ranging from 70 to 100 percent, have not adopted these innovations. Only 15 percent of university libraries all over Pakistan are relatively better on the innovation adoption scale. Research limitations/implications The data are explored by reviewing the websites of university libraries of Pakistan. Viewpoint of librarian and administrators of university librarian is not taken at this stage. Practical implications It will be helpful for the practitioner community to brain think on serious grounds for future improvements by having a clear picture of current status. Social implications By analyzing the standings of university libraries of Pakistan vs developed countries, the professionals would get awareness and they might be take initiatives for extending the services suitable and compatible with the present and future needs of users. Ultimately, profession and users satisfaction could be obtained. Originality/value The aspects discussed in the context of Pakistan may catch the attention of policy makers for the sake of improvement of university libraries, and growth of their professionals. It is further assumed that this situation is similar to the other neighboring developing countries. So, the work will raise the awareness among professionals of other countries too.
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Al Abri, Ibtisam, and Kelly Grogan. "The Interaction of Wildfire Risk Mitigation Policies in the Presence of Spatial Externalities and Heterogeneous Landowners." Forests 11, no. 1 (December 19, 2019): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11010015.
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The dramatic increase in the number of uncontrollable wildfires in the United States has become an important policy issue as they threaten valuable forests and human property. The derived stochastic dynamic model of this study is capable of determining optimal fuel treatment timing and level simultaneously and as a function of fire risk and fuel biomass dynamics. This study develops a stochastic dynamic model to evaluate the interaction of fuel treatment decisions for two adjacent landowners under various scenarios of misinformation about fire occurrence and spread. Findings indicate that a landowner tends to free ride on fuel treatment undertaken by his adjacent landowner. However, the study finds that the free riding potential of a landowner could be alleviated to some extent by having a neighboring landowner who is aware of fire spillover effects. In addition, the study reveals that the social cost resultant from free riding behavior is lower that the social cost associated with complete absence of fire externality awareness for both landowners. These findings imply that governments could introduce more effective educational programs to ensure that all landowners are fully aware of cross-parcel benefits of fuel treatment in order to align socially and privately optimal decisions, thus minimizing externality costs.
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Alekseevna-Titova, Tatyana, Kseniya Jurievna-Khusnutdinova, Elena Valeryevna-Frolova, and Elena Gennadyevna-Gushchina. "Kryasheny pagans: a cultural and psychological study of old tyaberdino village, the republic of Tatarstan." Revista de Investigaciones Universidad del Quindío 34, S2 (August 9, 2022): 223–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.33975/riuq.vol34ns2.930.
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Based on the expedition materials received by the authors in 2014, the article reveals the cultural and psychological characteristics of the sub-ethnic group of Kryashen-pagans in the village of old Tyaberdino, the Republic of Tatarstan. The purpose of the article is to study the ethnocultural characteristics of the Kryashen pagans. The main attention in the article is paid to the traditional rituals and customs of the life cycle, and the issues of ethnic self-awareness and self-identification of “unbaptized Kryashens” are raised. The article demonstrates the way paganism and Christianity are closely intertwined in the Kryashen calendar, festive and everyday traditions, folk beliefs and customs. First of all, such a synthesis of pagan and Christian rituals is due to the geographical location of the area and interaction with neighboring peoples. Secondly, during the periods of mass Christianization, paganism was not completely ousted from the consciousness of the Kryashen people, and Christianity was not fully understood yet. The authors of the article also describe the sacred rituals and places of worship that have survived at present among the Kryashen pagans. The materials of this article can be useful for ethnologists, social and cultural anthropologists, historians, museologists and culturologists, as well as anyone interested in this topic.
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Alter-Reid, Karen, Gina Colelli, and Nancy Simons. "When Disaster Strikes Our Local Communities: U.S. EMDR Trauma Recovery Network Coordinators Reflect on Lessons Learned." Journal of EMDR Practice and Research 8, no. 4 (2014): 205–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.8.4.205.
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As a result of a dramatic surge of community-wide traumatic events over the last years, we have seen an increase in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)-trained clinicians in the United States who want to volunteer as responders to their own or neighboring communities in the wake of disaster. This grassroots movement was followed by the Trauma Recovery/Humanitarian Assistance Program’s (TR/HAP) development of an organizational structure for Trauma Recovery Networks (TRNs) to provide EMDR training and treatment in their own local, affected areas. The personal stories of disaster response interventions by TRNs in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and New York City in 2012–2013 are examples of two decades of HAP team “experiences along the way.” Lessons learned from the inside out are shared to encourage other developing networks in the logistical, emotional, and spiritual preparation for community disaster work. With the unfolding of TR/HAP’s development of a National Trauma Recovery Network, there is an opportunity to ensure efficient and effective disaster responses by properly trained and prepared local EMDR clinicians. TRN chapters and their teams continue to increase awareness in local communities of the healing possibilities of acute and longer term trauma symptoms through early intervention with EMDR treatment.
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Faqiri, Sayed Mohammad, and Abdul Shakoor Faqirzada. "Social Barriers to Nation Building in Afghanistan." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 9, no. 1 (July 1, 2021): 19–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v9i1.3887.
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The present study aims to examine the social barriers to nation-building in Afghanistan. In this qualitative type of research, the semi-structured interview tools were used to collect data. After the interviews, the obtained information was coded and analyzed. The findings of this study showed that the most significant social barriers to the nation-building process in Afghanistan were the ethnic structure of power, wars, ethnic elites, and interference from neighboring countries, inability to use the presence of foreigners, traditional society, and the lack of cultural discourses, the definition of ethnic identity, hegemony, ethnic totalitarianism, and toxic antidote. Also, social factors on political, economic, cultural, and geographical issues were examined in this study. The most important political obstacles to the nation-building process in Afghanistan have been social disunity, the presence of foreigners, exceptional opportunity, political instability, and the lack of national political leaders and parties.The most important cultural barriers are the illusion of conspiracy, cultural confrontation, and low level of awareness and lack of common aspirations. Recent findings of this study show that citizenship rights can be the central pillar in the establishment of a nation. Citizenship right is a new concept that equalizes the political, social, and cultural rights of all members in a society.
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Evelpidou, Niki, Anna Karkani, Miltiadis Polidorou, Giannis Saitis, Christos Zerefos, Costas Synolakis, Christos Repapis, Maria Tzouxanioti, and Marilia Gogou. "Palaeo-Tsunami Events on the Coasts of Cyprus." Geosciences 12, no. 2 (January 27, 2022): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12020058.
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Cyprus has a long history of tsunami activity, as described in archaeological and geological records. Although the study area has experienced tsunamis in the past and constitutes an area threatened by this hazard both from the Cyprean arc and from the neighboring Hellenic arc, field research on tsunami evidence on the coastal zone of Cyprus still remains scarce. It is clear from the literature that large boulder accumulations are an important feature along the coasts of Cyprus, testifying to extreme events. A detailed field survey revealed that at various locations cited in the literature as hosting geomorphological evidence of past tsunamis, no such evidence was identified. It is likely that the high touristic activity that has been occurring on the coasts of Cyprus during the last 20 years may have affected tsunami indicators such as boulder accumulations. Tsunamis are unpredictable and infrequent but potentially large-impact natural disasters. The latest strong tsunami that caused damage to the Cypriot coast was centuries ago, when the population and economic growth and development at the Cypriot shoreline did not exist. Today, the coastal zone hosts a higher population as well as increasing touristic activity, highlighting the need for better preparedness, awareness raising and for tsunami-related risk reduction.
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Morton Hamer, Melinda J., Paul L. Reed, Jane D. Greulich, and Charles W. Beadling. "Economic Community of West African States Disaster Preparedness Tabletop Exercise: Building Regional Capacity to Enhance Health Security." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 13, no. 03 (May 30, 2018): 400–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.44.
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AbstractObjectiveThe West African Disaster Preparedness Initiative held a disaster preparedness tabletop exercise with representatives from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in November 2015. The tabletop exercise was hosted by the Republic of Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization and partners in Accra, Ghana.MethodsECOWAS Commission delegates and representatives from 10 member states were confronted with a series of simulated crises. Participants utilized existing national preparedness plans and web-based information technologies to research and communicate about internal disaster threats and those from neighboring countries. After each of the exercise’s three phases, facilitators distributed participant surveys.ResultsA total of 106 individuals participated in the tabletop exercise. During the exercise, national teams utilizing well-developed disaster contingency plans and emergency operations center (EOC) standard operating procedures (SOPs) reached out to help less-prepared national teams. Key issues identified in the survey were language and cultural issues as barriers, effectiveness of disaster management agencies linked to heads of state, and the need for data sharing and real-time communication for situational awareness and multisector coordination.ConclusionThis tabletop exercise helped improve and refine the ECOWAS regional and member states’ national SOPs that teams will employ to prepare for, respond to, and recover from future disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:400-404)
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Awais, Sania, and Kanwal Ameen. "The current innovation status of university libraries in Pakistan." Library Management 40, no. 3/4 (March 11, 2019): 178–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-11-2017-0125.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the current status of innovations in the university libraries of Pakistan because desire for reshaping the university libraries is now the necessity for full filling the mission of higher education, i.e. to be competitive and compatible in international market. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative method is adopted for measuring the occurrence of innovations. The content is based on the literature, the researchers’ 20 years’ experience and the websites of all the 183 universities of Pakistan have been reviewed for this purpose. A checklist of 40 innovation used in ACRL libraries and prepared by a researcher, Jantz (2013) is used as a yard stick. Findings The findings indicate that a large majority (85%) of university libraries, have not adopted these innovations. Only 15 percent of university libraries all over Pakistan are relatively better on the innovation adoption scale. Originality/value The aspects discussed in the context of Pakistan may catch the attentions for improvement of university libraries, and growth of respective professional. It is assumed that the situation is similar to other type of libraries (college and public) and also in neighboring developing countries. So, the work will raise the awareness among professionals of other countries as well.
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Mudana, I. Wayan, and La Ode Ali Basri. "COLLABORATION OF ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, POLITICAL COMMUNITY, AND CIVIL COMMUNITY IN INVESTATION SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR PRESERVATION OF MARINE AND COASTALENVIRONMENT IN THE PEMUTERAN VILLAGE, BALI." Jurnal PIPSI (Jurnal Pendidikan IPS Indonesia) 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.26737/jpipsi.v3i1.537.
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<p>This study aims to examine and analyze about base factors collaboration of economic community, political community, and civil community in investing social capital and forms of the social capital invested for preservation of marine and coastal environment in the Pemuteran village, Bali. This study uses qualitative method, with <em>kajian budaya </em>approach. The technique of data collection, involves observation, serious interviewing, library/document study. Data is carried out in qualitative descriptive, and implemented in narration shape. The result of this study shows, there is the factors that base the collaboration among the communities of economic, politic and civil, to invest the social capital in appearing ecological everlasting of marine and coastal in Pemuteran village there are: situation is based on awareness to natural ecology condition, ecologic intelligence, the purpose reason, that has economical character, politic, sociological, socio religious, and development policy. The shape of social capital that’s collaborated by economic, politic, and civil community in developing the everlasting of marine and coastal environment, involving the ideology of <em>tri hita karana, nyegara gunung, menyama beraya, </em>kinship system, neighboring relationship of <em>Desa Pakraman </em>and office village.</p>
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Menghistu, Habtamu Taddele, Girmay Tesfay, Amanuel Zenebe Abraha, and Gebrehiwot Tadesse Mawcha. "Socio-economic determinants of smallholder mixed crop-livestock farmers’ choice of climate change adaptation in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 13, no. 4/5 (October 29, 2021): 564–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-09-2020-0099.
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Purpose This paper aims to understand the perception of smallholder farmers on climate change, identify major livestock related climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies and their determinants in selected neighboring districts of Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach A total of 416 household heads were involved in a questionnaire survey using a multistage sampling approach. To understand the socio-economic factors that influence farmers’ perception on climate change (CC) and/or variability, a binary logit model was used. Multinomial logit model was used to identify the determinants of smallholder farmers’ choices of adaptation strategies. Findings Milk reduction, weight loss, feed shortage and frequent animal disease outbreak were indicated as major impacts of CC on livestock production. About 86.2% of the farmers’ exercise CCA measures where livestock health care and management (25%), followed by livelihood diversification (21.5%) and shifting and diversification of livestock species (20.9%) were the top three adaptation measures implemented. Education, knowledge on CCA strategies, access to veterinary service and extension, market access, annual income, non-farm income, total livestock unit, sex of household head and household size were the major determinant factors to farmers’ choice of CCA. Research limitations/implications Concerned authorities working in CC related sectors should give due attention to improve smallholder farmers’ access to extension and veterinary services, market access and climate information to enhance their adaptive capacity to CC impacts. In addition, incorporating climate change awareness trainings into the existing extension packages is crucial to enhance the awareness of farmers on climate change and implement appropriate adaptation strategies. Moreover, it is very essential to provide appropriate herd management and marketing strategy based on the production system to avoid the significant price reduction during drought periods. Practical implications Concerned authorities working in CC related sectors should give due attention to improve smallholder farmers’ access to extension and veterinary services, market access and climate information to enhance their adaptive capacity to CC impacts. In addition, incorporating climate change awareness trainings into the existing extension packages is crucial to implement appropriate adaptation strategies. Moreover, it is very essential to provide appropriate herd management and marketing strategy based on the production system to avoid the significant price reduction during drought periods. Originality/value This research is focused on smallholder crop-livestock farmers, livestock-based CCASs and presents the determinant factors to their choice of adaptation.