INFORMATION GAP AND THE PUBLIC INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS URBAN DRAINAGE SCHEMES

1991 ◽  
pp. 443-450
Author(s):  
B. Husain
Keyword(s):  
Urban Drainage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Gap

Does Recent Academic Research Support Changes to Audit Reporting Standards?

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Bédard ◽  
Paul Coram ◽  
Reza Espahbodi ◽  
Theodore J. Mock
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Public Company ◽  
Reporting Process

SYNOPSIS The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), and the U.K. Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have proposed or approved standards that significantly change the independent auditor's report. These initiatives require the auditor to make additional disclosures intended to close the information gap; that is, the gap between the information users desire and the information available through the audited financial statements, other corporate disclosures, and the auditor's report. They are also intended to improve the relevancy of the auditor's report. We augment prior academic research by providing standard setters with an updated synthesis of relevant research. More importantly, we provide an assessment of whether the changes are likely to close the information gap, which is important to financial market participants and other stakeholders in the audit reporting process. Also, we identify areas where there seems to be a lack of sufficient research. These results are of interest to all stakeholders in the audit reporting process, as the changes to the auditor's report are fundamental. Additionally, our summaries of research on the auditor's report highlight where there is limited research or inconsistent results, which will help academics identify important opportunities for future research.

scholarly journals PERAN PROGRAM UNIVERSITARIA RRI MEULABOH DALAM MENSOSIALISASIKAN PERGURUAN TINGGI DI KABUPATEN ACEH BARAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mursyidin Mursyidin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University

West Aceh Regency is an education center in the South West region of Aceh because it has seven universities, which consists of three state universities and four private universities. With the seven universities is expected to improve the quality of public education in West Aceh, one of them with the help of mass media such as local radio, Indonesian Republic Radio Meulaboh. This study focused on only two state universities, namely the University of Teuku Umar and the State Islamic Institute Meulaboh. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive research method. The primary data source is the result of interview excerpts with informants, while the secondary data in the supporting documents. The data collection technique consists of the interviews, observation and documentation. IRR Meulaboh role in disseminating education can be seen from its programs 'Universitaria'. The program provides a space for University to be able to say hello to direct the public to provide the latest information through informants experts without the cost of socialization and education programs can reduce the information gap for people so that clarity and transparency in accessing information university met, especially for those who have the economic burden to continue education outside of the region to make the university in West Aceh as the main option. Keywords: west aceh, university, IRR meulaboh

scholarly journals LITERACY REQUIREMENTS OF COURT DOCUMENTS: AN UNDER-EXPLORED BARRIER TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE

1969 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-301
Author(s):  
Amy Salyzyn ◽  
Lori Isaj ◽  
Brandon Piva ◽  
Jacquelyn Burkell
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Functional Literacy ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Individual

We know that members of the public find court forms complex. Less is known, however, about what in particular makes these documents difficult for non-legally trained people to complete.      The study described in this article seeks to fill this information gap by deploying a “functional literacy” framework to evaluate court form complexity. In contrast to more traditional conceptions of literacy, “functional literacy” shifts the focus away from the ability to read and towards the ability of individuals to meet task demands. Under this framework, an individual is assigned a literacy level by virtue of the complexity of the tasks that he or she is able to complete. As a result, the framework focuses as much on tasks (and associated documents) as it does on the capacity of the individual.       Four different Ontario forms needed to initiate three different types of legal proceedings were examined. The results of the study are described in significant detail in the article. Some of the identified sources of challenge include requirements to: generate information that requires expert legal knowledge; infer the meaning of technical legal terms; and move between multiple information sources (including, for example, searching on a website to find a correct court address). Another set of identified challenges was reflected in “distractors” contained in the court forms that risked confusing the reader, such as broad requests for information or the use of unclear terms. Although the associated court guides provided some guidance on the above types of issues, we found that such guidance was often incomplete and also potentially difficult to access given the overall complexity of the guides themselves.      Although proposing comprehensive solutions was beyond the scope of this study, the article concludes with a preliminary discussion of possible solutions, including form redesign, the use of dynamic electronic forms and the provision of unbundled legal services.

scholarly journals Pilihan Media Pencari Informasi Kesehatan

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-182
Author(s):  
Rizanna Rosemary
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
The Public ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Media Preference

The number of smokers among women in Indonesia is increasing every year, even though smokers are predominantly male. In order to educate the public about the negative impacts of tobacco consumption, the government has produced anti-smoking Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) aired on television. The information gap about smoking hazards is due to lack of anti-smoking messages which is unable to compete with the extensive and creative pro-smoking messages in many media platforms. The way people use media for information-seeking, such as messages about smoking, dictates how they look for the messages and helps to understand how they encounter messages the most. By interviewing 39 women in Banda Aceh and Jakarta, this study presents women’s opinion about television and the media preference for searching and gaining information about smoking. The findings show that participants of the study prefer to obtain information about smoking through the media—online social media than through television, such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Line, WhatsApp, and non-media like friends and their doctor’s advice. Given the substantial cost of television health campaigns, the study findings can provide input on alternative media in communicating about the harms of smoking.

PART 3: Intermodal: Integrated Timed Transfer: A European Perspective

1997 ◽  
Vol 1571 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhard Clever
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
San Jose ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Public Transportation System

Integrated timed-transfer (ITT) systems are starting up in Switzerland, Austria, and many regions of Germany. They distinguish themselves from regular timed-transfer systems, in which vehicles arrive at and depart from a station at approximately the same time to minimize waiting times for passengers, by integrating the timed-transfer systems of individual metropolitan areas into one complete public transportation system for a region. Very little has been written about ITT in the English language literature, and the purpose here is to close the information gap. The advantages and disadvantages of an ITT system are illustrated by discussing a concrete example. Technical and economic aspects of ITT are discussed. Terms such as “symmetry time” and “optimal minimum headway” are defined. Early results of ITT systems in Europe are reported. The applicability of ITT to North America is demonstrated with the example of the San Jose–Oakland–Sacramento corridor. The public transportation system in this area is currently disjointed, and the introduction of ITT would increase the usability of public transit.

Information Sharing as a Democratic Tool

2011 ◽  
pp. 1058-1063
Author(s):  
T. B. Riley
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Electronic Democracy ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This section begins by looking at ways in which governments can facilitate better access to information in both the public and private sector. This is an important factor in the e-governance equation. Information sharing is an essential activity for government for any form of e-governance program to succeed, because information provides the evidence of a correspondence (or lack of correspondence) between policy and reality. The particular emphasis herein will be on the growing influence of the Internet and all the new, emerging communication technologies through which services can be delivered in all sectors of society. The role of the Internet and the growth of electronic democracy are briefly explored. Part of the rhetoric of both information management and public consultation is the notion of information sharing. This concept is, in fact, one of the central tenants of knowledge management. Despite these good intentions, however, management gurus (Drucker, 1999) find themselves continually admonishing both organizations and knowledge workers of the need to share more information. Is there an information gap between colleagues, so that work is impeded or prevented because co-workers don’t communicate with one another? And by the same token, is there an information gap between knowledge workers and the public, so that the public cannot make informed choices about important decisions?

scholarly journals Characterisation of Young People According to Their Financial Attitudes and Behaviours - A Survey on the Financial Behaviour and Attitudes of Students in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Boglárka Zsótér ◽  
Erzsébet Németh
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Financial Attitudes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Financial Behaviour

Financial markets and products are becoming increasingly complex. This trend goes hand in hand with an ever-deepening financial information gap. Researchers and marketers should get acquainted with behaviour, habits and attitudes of future’s consumers better. One of the key target groups in exploring this area includes secondary school and university students, as most of the financial education programmes address them. The aim of this study to find out young adults’ characteristics regarding their financial behaviour and attitudes. By segmenting and describing Hungarian undergraduates according to their financial attitudes, the present study sets out to contribute to the success of financial educational programmes, initiated by either the public sector (financial education) or the business sector, with the aim to enhance the level of financial literacy. Based on the database of 2070 respondents, using principal component analysis and K-means clustering, we found that the young people can be categorised into three groups: (1) conservatives, (2) rebels and (3) experienced. The distinct differences in the attitudes and experiences of the three groups suggest that their financial education should be based on different foundations, which is worth considering when developing the relevant curricula.

scholarly journals Conviviality, the Internet, and AI. Ivan Illich, Bernard Stiegler, and the Question Concerning Information-technological Self-limitation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
Andreas Beinsteiner
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
The Public ◽  
Open Hardware ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Bernard Stiegler ◽  
Advanced Computing ◽  
Ivan Illich

AbstractIn his book Tools for Conviviality (1975), Ivan Illich calls for human self-limitation in technology development. His aim is neither environmental protection nor the prevention of unforeseen side-effects of technology development, but the comprehensibility of technologies’ operating principles for the user. For if the construction or repairing of tools requires expert knowledge inaccessible to the public, this necessarily entails social imbalances in power. In a similar manner, Bernard Stiegler conceives the delegation of know-how to technological systems as a kind of proletarianization that ultimately may result in a loss of savoir-vivre. Without sweepingly rejecting the division of labour, automation or specialized knowledge, practices of commoning respond to such diagnoses: free software like GNU/Linux or open hardware largely succeed in unlinking the expert knowledge that advanced computing doubtlessly requires from problematic power effects. From this perspective, proprietary algorithms are problematic, as their lack of transparency prevents conviviality. This also holds for the practices of data aggregation and extraction which steadily increase the information gap between platform providers and users. An even more fundamental problem is posed by so-called “self-learning”, i.e., recursively adapting, algorithms: it is not clear how and to what extent the knowledge and instructions generated by “artificial intelligence” can be traced and reconstructed by human insight. Thus, we are confronted with a situation of potentially non-recoverable proletarianization and non-conviviality that exposes a renewed urgency of Illich’s considerations concerning technological self-limitation.

Replications can cause distorted belief in scientific progress

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Białek
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
The Public ◽  
Psychological Science

AbstractIf we want psychological science to have a meaningful real-world impact, it has to be trusted by the public. Scientific progress is noisy; accordingly, replications sometimes fail even for true findings. We need to communicate the acceptability of uncertainty to the public and our peers, to prevent psychology from being perceived as having nothing to say about reality.

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