785 research outputs found
Exploring the segregation of commercial land use by gender in the city centre of Biskra, Algeria - A syntactic study, the movement economy process.
No full textGender segregation is considered a significant problem in the modern period, where urban planning may play a role in facilitating male and female use of public spaces, or overlook their different needs in the city. Urban spatial use has been linked to many factors in previous studies. One important factor to consider here is the pattern of land-use and its capability of affecting the movement behaviour of people in the city. In space syntax theory, it has been assumed that the distribution of shops exists to take advantage of people’s movement, which is generated by the urban structure itself. In this regard, this paper aims to identify the factors behind land-use segregation between shops for each gender in the city centre of Biskra, and whether this has resulted in gender segregation in urban spatial use, leading to the distinct location of services within the city centre, creating men’s and women’s spaces. This investigation has been conducted by using surveys of shops as well as syntactic analyses, paired together in order to reach an understanding of this phenomenon. The findings showed that at a global scale, the higher the street is integrated, the higher the land-use mixture tends to be, while at a local scale there was no correlation found in term of men’s and women’s segregation of land-use, which may rather be related to locals using their prior knowledge of a space rather than the information cues provided by its structure
TEMPORAL STUDY OF REEF FISH COMMUNITIES (2014-2018) WATER OF MESJID RAYA SUB-DISTRICT AND PEUKAN BADA, ACEH BESAR DISTRICT
No full textIkan karang merupakan ikan yang memanfaatkan ekosistem terumbu karang sebagai tempat tinggal, mencari makan, memijah dan pengasuhan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui komunitas ikan karang melalui pendekatan kelimpahan, keanekaragaman, keseragaman dan dominansi ikan karang pada tahun 2014-2018 di perairan Kecamatan Mesjid Raya dan Peukan Bada, Kabupaten Aceh Besar. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dari tahun 2014 hingga tahun 2018, dengan lokasi penelitian ada 8 lokasi. Pengambilan data ikan karang dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode underwater visual cencus (UVC). Total spesies ikan karang yang ditemukan selama tahun 2014 dan 2018 adalah sebanyak 115 spesies dari 39 famili. Perairan Kecamatan Mesjid Raya memiliki nilai kelimpahan ikan karang terendah sejumlah 128 ind/ha pada pengamatan tahun 2014 di perairan Lhok Mee dan kelimpahan ikan tertinggi sejumlah 796 ind/ha di perairan Benteng Inong Balee tahun 2017. Sedangkan perairan Kecamatan Peukan Bada memiliki kelimpahan ikan karang dengan nilai terendah sejumlah 96 ind/ha pada pengamatan tahun 2014 di perairan Lhok Mata Ie dan mencapai nilai tertinggi sejumlah 2401,70 ind/ha di perairan yang sama tahun 2018. Hasil rata-rata nilai indeks ekologi ikan karang di Kecamatan Mesjid Raya dan Peukan Bada tahun 2014-2018 tidak memiliki perbedaan yang signifikan.Reef fishes are the group of fish that have a high association with the coral reef ecosystem as spawning, nursery, and feeding grounds. This study aims to determine the reef fish community through the approach of abundance, diversity, uniformity, and dominance of reef fish in 2014-2018 in the waters of the Mesjid Raya Sub-district and Peukan Bada, Aceh Besar District. This research was carried out from 2014 to 2018, with research locations, there are 8 locations. Reef fish data collection was carried out using the underwater visual census (UVC). The total species of reef fish found during 2014-2018 were 115 species from 39 families. The waters of Mesjid Raya sub-district have the lowest abundance of reef fish with a number of 128 ind/ha in 2014 observations in Lhok Mee waters and the highest abundance of fish as much as 80 ind/ha in the waters of Fort Inong Balee in 2017. It is different from sub-district waters Peukan Bada has an abundance of reef fish with the lowest value of 96 ind/ha in 2014 observations in the waters of Lhok Mata Ie and reached the highest value of 2401.70 ind/ha in the same waters in 2018. Results of the average ecological index value Reef fish in the District of Mesjid Raya and Peukan Bada in 2014-2018 did not have a significant difference
Identifikasi ular laut di perairan Pulau Tuan Kecamatan Peukan Bada Kabupaten Aceh Besar
No full textThe research of identification about sea snake in Tuan Island Waters in Peukan Bada, Aceh Besar District has been conducted. This study aims to determine sea snakes species in Tuan Island Waters. The research was begun from April until July 2018. The method used in this study research is Time Swim Method with four station observation.Types of sea snakes identify based on their morphology, head shape, body and tail, color and band. The result showed that there were types of marine snakes in these waters, they are Acrochordus granulatus and Laticauda sp. The waters parameters of Tuan Island such as temperature, salinity and pH supported the life of the two snake species.
Keywords: Acrochordus granulatus, Laticauda, identification, sea snakes, Pulau Tuan.
WATERS, PEUKAN BADA DISTRICT, ACEH BESAR REGENCY
Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic Versus Open Approach: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Last 10-Year Evidence
No full textBig Automotive Data Analytics Scenarios - PART OF THE FFI BADA PROJECT
No full textThis report is part of the FFI1 BADA project which explores future business models and ecosystems of ‘Big Automotive Data Analytics’. The automotive industry is facing a digital revolution that is poised to change the competitive landscape fundamentally. Data driven services based on advanced analytics will play an increasingly important part. In a future ecosystem, it will likely be decisive to manage data and control the system, not to focus on individual vehicles. The future holds great promise for OEMs, the public sector and society as a whole. Vehicles incresaingly act as sensors in the road network, collecting vast amounts of data that can be combined with other types of data and used for a wide variety of purposes, increasing the effectiveness of the transportation system. However, there are several challenges for society and the automotive industry that must be met Before such promises are realized. As future events unfold and influence each other, analysis becomes increasingly speculative and fuzzy. To better gauge the nature of these future events, and generate ideas of possible end states and their implications, a scenario planning activity was initiated. The scenarios and their implications are a result of workshop sessions and insights from experts in the field of big automotive data analytics representing cities, OEMs, telecom and authorities. The process of selecting key factors and gauging their possible projections is designed to facilitate the creation of plausible and distinct future scenarios. However, these scenarios are not to be mistaken for predictions or forecasts. Scenarios fill a different purpose than strict trend analysis striving to estimate the probability of a given future end state. Instead scenarios allow for the generation of plausible thought provoking futures, each with a distinct set of implications that can be used by participants and others to generate a broad contingency plan. We have presented three distinct futures with varying threats and opportunities for all actors in a future BADA ecosystem. While the ecosystem model of the main BADA project report will look similar in all scenarios, the relative importance of the components of the ecosystem will be very scenario-specific. OEMs and public actors will assume radically different positions, occupying several or few niches in the ecosystem, and their opportunities for action will be influenced accordingly.BADA (Big automotive data analytics
Cyber Security Awareness Campaigns: Why do they fail to change behaviour?
No full textThis paper by Dr. Maria Bada and Professor Angela Sasse focuses on Security Awareness Campaigns, trying to identify factors which potentially lead to failure of these in changing the information security behaviours of consumers and employees. Past and current efforts to improve information security practices have not had the desired effort. In this paper, we explain the challenges involved in improving information security behaviours. Changing behaviour requires more than giving information about risks and correct behaviours – firstly, the people must be able to understand and apply the advice, and secondly, they must be willing to do – and the latter requires changes to attitudes and intentions. These antecedents of behaviour change are identified in several psychological models of behaviour (e.g. theory of reasoned action, theory of planned behaviour, protection motivation theory). We review the suitability of persuasion techniques, including the widely used fear appeals. Essential components for an awareness campaign as well as factors which can lead to a campaign’s failure are also discussed. In order to enact change, the current sources of influence-whether they are conscious or unconscious, personal, environmental or social, which are keeping people from enacting vital behaviours, need to be identified. Cultural differences in risk perceptions can also influence the maintenance of a particular way of life. Finally, since the vast majority of behaviours are habitual, the change from existing habits to better information security habits requires support. Finally, we present examples of existing awareness campaigns in U.K., in Australia, in Canada and Africa
Sociology of fear of crime in Latin America
No full textIndependently of the varying national homicide indexes, the fear of crime affects all sociopolitical dimensions across Latin American countries and influences the agendas of political parties, security markets, and everyday life. This contribution presents an overview on the fear of crime and insecurity studies in the region, focusing on two main fields: fear of crime studies showcasing similarities and differences among Latin American countries in terms of the relationship between fear and victimization, gender, class, age, and community cohesion perceptions, and the socio-cultural dimension to this phenomenon, including media influences on the fear of delinquency, the role of the state, and the general climate of ontological insecurity.Fil: Kessler, Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Otamendi, Maria Alejandra. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones "Gino Germani"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
Modeling Tail-Specific Performance Using Historical Flight Data and Machine-Learning Techniques
No full textAircraft performance has always been a focus of attention in aviation. The work of aircraft designers, certifying agencies, aircraft operators, and air traffic controllers relies on aircraft performance models. Current aircraft performance models are based on performance data of brand-new aircraft, independent of airline configuration and customizations. Nonetheless, over time aircraft suffer structure, engine and aerodynamic deterioration, as well as maintenance actions. These factors, which vary with tail number, make aircraft performance deviate from the theoretical and create the need for aircraft performance monitoring, and ultimately for aircraft performance tailoring. This thesis proposes two novel approaches to develop up-to-date, tail-specific performance models. These approaches are based on the use of historical flight data, namely Quick Access Recorder (QAR) data, and machine-learning techniques. First, a methodology is designed to calibrate Base of Aircraft DAta (BADA), a widely consolidated physics-based performance model. As a result, more accurate performance models are generated, maintaining the same applicability over the entire flight envelope and during all phases of flight as BADA nominal models. The second approach is purely data-driven, and in contrast to the first approach, describes aircraft performance without modeling the underlying physics. The resulting models proved to be more accurate tan BADA nominal models. Additionally, they provided insights on the parameters that have a significant impact on aircraft performance. This research project is the first to provide a comparison between physics-based and non-physics-based performance tailoring approaches. Despite the differences in accuracy achieved with both methods, each one has its own advantages and disadvantages. What approach to follow is determined first by the application, and secondly by the demanded level of accuracy.Aerospace Engineerin
Introduzione "Ai margini dell’umano. Luoghi, scrittura e pensiero di Anna Maria Ortese"
No full textIl volume raccoglie i contributi di studiose dell’opera di Anna Maria Ortese, che negli ultimi anni se ne sono occupate nell’orizzonte della prospettiva ecocritica.
Il principale intento del libro è quello di presentare delle riflessioni sulla scrittura ortesiana (sia i romanzi e i racconti sia le lettere, i saggi e gli articoli) capaci di mostrarne il fecondo dialogo con altre autrici, pensatori e pensatrici. Il volume si sviluppa infatti intorno a tre nuclei: il primo dedicato ai luoghi, ovvero alle geografie reali e fantastiche dell’opera ortesiana; il secondo rivolto al rapporto con altre scritture; il terzo incentrato sulla relazione con altri sistemi di pensiero / filosofie.
Crediamo che sia fondamentale rileggere l’opera di Ortese sottolineandone la radicale apertura: i temi affrontati nei suoi scritti – così come le soluzioni formali a cui approda – necessitano oggi di essere ‘situati’ in un più ampio contesto, non solo letterario.
Alcune questioni (tematiche, formali e teoriche) che attraversano tutte le tre sezioni saranno il linguaggio/la lingua, il sacro / non visibile, il rapporto tra ecocritica e femminismi, ecocritica e genere fantastico, lo straniamento, l’abitare
Koncepcja „przeczarowania” świata jako sposób na dekonstrukcję obrazu wspólnoty. Wokół wystawy Małgorzaty Mirgi-Tas
No full textThe article describes the Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte (2022), where, due to the works of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, the “re-enchantment” of Romani people history took place. At the exhibition, the artist representing Poland presented the alternative history of the Romani or – using Ariella A. Azoulay’s term – “potential” history. The author of the article examines how Mirga-Tas implements the idea of community, while making space for the individual. The artist, without any Romani representations, created her own graphic fantasy, rejecting historical testimonies; the fantasy presented in the text as an identity attempt and the creation of a collective self-portrait at the same time. In the second part of the article, the author inquires if the concept of “re-enchantment” can be used in didactics of the Polish language and reflects on the question of how to emancipate Romani culture at school in order to work through the one-dimensional image of the Romani described as the Other of Europe. The essence of re-enchantment lies in repairing what has been damaged by violence or prejudice.W artykule opisano Pawilon Polski na Biennale w Wenecji (2022), na którym za pośrednictwem prac Małgorzaty Mirgi-Tas dokonało się tytułowe „przeczarowanie” historii Romów. Reprezentująca Polskę artystka przedstawiła na wystawie alternatywną historię Romów albo – używając określenia Arielli A. Azoulay – „potencjalną”. Autorka artykułu bada, w jaki sposób Mirga-Tas realizuje ideę wspólnotowości, pozostawiając jednocześnie przestrzeń dla autonomii jednostki. Artystka, nie dysponując romskimi przedstawieniami, stworzyła własną fantazję obrazową, odrzucającą historyczne świadectwa; fantazję ujmowaną w tekście jako próbę o charakterze tożsamościowym i zarazem kreację kolektywnego autoportretu. W drugiej części artykułu autorka bada, czy koncepcję „przeczarowania” można zastosować w dydaktyce języka polskiego oraz poddaje refleksji pytanie, jak emancypacyjnie podejść do kultury romskiej w szkole, by przepracować jednowymiarowy obraz Romów opisywanych jako Inny Europy. Istota przeczarowania polega bowiem na naprawianiu tego, co zostało zniszczone przez przemoc czy uprzedzenie
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